Survey at a Glance
Real-time monitoring of the Smog Alert Baseline Survey in Shalamar Tehsil, Lahore. The study measures household experiences with air quality and smog โ health impacts, beliefs about pollution sources, information channels, take-up of the Smog Alert mobile app, and willingness to pay for cleaner air โ tracked against a 300-household sampling frame across 13 union councils, with a 3-arm randomized information experiment embedded in the interview.
Daily Completed Interviews
Overall Progress vs Target
Completed by Treatment Arm
Attempt Disposition
Completions by Union Council
Interview Duration
Enumerator Performance
| Enumerator | Field Days | Attempts | Completed | Consent Rate | Avg Duration (min) |
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Demographics & Household Profile
Who are we interviewing? Respondent demographics, household composition, housing, income and assets of consenting households โ the baseline profile against which exposure, beliefs and willingness to pay are analysed.
Gender of Respondent
Age Distribution
Marital Status
Education
Occupation
Monthly Household Income (PKR)
Main Income Source
House Ownership
Cooking Fuel
Household Assets
Base: consenting respondents. Asset ownership is multiple-response. Codes 98 = Refused, 99 = Don't know excluded from chart bases where applicable.
Health & Smog Exposure
The human cost of smog: respiratory illness in the household over the last 12 months, the symptoms experienced, allergies on high-pollution days, treatment-seeking, out-of-pocket spending, and who households believe suffers most.
Respiratory Issues (Last 12 Months)
Sought Medical Treatment
Spent Money on Treatment
Symptoms Experienced Most Often
Allergies on Smog Days
Who Is Most Affected?
Protective Steps Taken
Air Quality Awareness & Attitudes
What do households know and believe about Lahore's air? Perceived trends, attention paid to air quality, beliefs about causes, AQI knowledge, and the weather patterns people associate with smog โ all measured before any information treatment.
Air Quality vs 5 Years Ago
"I Pay Attention to Air Quality"
Perceived Causes of Poor Air
Single Most Important Cause
Heard of the AQI?
Which AQI Level Is Hazardous?
Confidence in Own Beliefs
Weather Patterns Linked to Smog
Worst Season for Pollution
Does Weather Cause Smog?
All items asked before the belief-elicitation and information-treatment modules. Prompted causes shown after an open-ended question.
Information Sources & Trust
Where do households get air-quality information, how often do they check it, and whom do they trust? Plus perceptions of government seriousness and awareness of official smog alerts.
Sources of AQ Information
How Often People Check AQ Info
Primary News Channel
Government Seriousness
Trust in Official AQ Information
Most Trusted Source
Awareness of Official Smog Alerts
Base: consenting respondents. Multiple-response items show number of respondents selecting each option.
Smog Alert App โ Take-up & Information Preferences
The app module: enumerators demonstrate the Smog Alert mobile app and invite the respondent to install it. This panel tracks real installation take-up at the doorstep, first impressions of usefulness and usability, preferred alert channels and frequency, and what kind of air-quality reports households actually want.
App Installation at the Doorstep
Perceived Usefulness
Would Use in Future
Ease of Use
Seen Similar Apps Before?
Preferred Alert Frequency
Preferred Alert Channel
Interest in Forecasts
Preferred Coverage Area
Preferred Report Frequency
Preferred Level of Detail
Interest in Source-Apportionment Report
App module asked of all consenting respondents (all report smartphone access โ a screening criterion). "Installed" = app downloaded on the respondent's phone during the visit; QR-code takers may install later.
Avoidance Behaviour on Smog Days
What do households already do to protect themselves? Behaviour change during the last smog season, specific actions taken, mask use, ventilation habits, and the gap in time spent outdoors between clean and polluted days.
Changed Behaviour on High-Pollution Days
Hours Outdoors: Low vs High Pollution Days
Actions Taken on Smog Days
Mask Type Usually Worn
Windows & Doors Shut During Smog Season
Outdoor-hours comparison uses typical self-reported hours on low- vs high-pollution days.
Beliefs & the Information Experiment
The heart of the study. Respondents allocate 100 tokens across pollution sources before and after a randomized information script: T1 hears a Lahore-specific report (vehicles โ 83/100), T2 hears a Punjab-wide report (vehicles โ 43/100), and Control hears nothing. Downstream, everyone plays a real-stakes donation game and can sign an enforcement letter to the Urban Unit.
Beliefs: Pre vs Post Treatment
Vehicle-Share Belief Shift by Arm
Comprehension of the Script
Donation Amounts (PKR 0โ500)
Mean Donation by Arm
Urban Unit Enforcement Letter
Letter Enforcement Priorities
Enforcement Awareness & Governance
What government action have households noticed, how effective do they think it is, and where do they want enforcement focused? Includes post-treatment stated enforcement preferences and beliefs about responsibility for Lahore's air.
Government Actions Heard Of
Perceived Effectiveness of Government Efforts
Top Enforcement Priority
Most Responsible for Reducing Pollution
Enforcement Seen on the Ground
Are Lahoris Responsible?
Would Authorities Respond to Reports?
"Air Pollution Is Unavoidable in Large Cities"
Stated enforcement preferences are collected after the information treatment; interpret arm-pooled distributions accordingly.
Willingness to Pay & Fairness
Would households contribute to cleaner air? A 2ร2 scenario-based contingent-valuation design crosses source (vehicles vs crop burning) with policy type (monitoring vs enforcement), with the monthly bid randomized at PKR 100 / 200 / 500 per household โ plus fairness views and the green-sticker vehicle-compliance module.
Demand Curve โ Acceptance by Randomized Monthly Bid
Acceptance by Program Vignette
Why Households Would Not Contribute
Who Should Bear the Cost?
Fair to Pay for Outside Pollution?
Should Bigger Polluters Pay More?
Household Owns a Vehicle
Aware of Green-Sticker Program
Willing to Get the Green Sticker
Union Council Completion Tracker
Live completion status for every union council and ward in the 300-household sampling frame โ completed interviews against sampled households, with search, filters, sorting and CSV export.
Each card is one union council. Target = sampled households in the frame; completed = consented interviews so far.
| Union Council | Ward | Attempts | Completed | Sampled Target | Completion โผ | Status |
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Each row is a union council ร ward in the sampling frame (10 households per ward). Wards visited in the field but not in the frame show target 0. Completion % = consented interviews รท sampled target.