| Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
| Do you have any experience or knowledge of natural disasters in the country, particularly droughts or floods? | Yes | 178 | 89% |
| No | 22 | 11% | |
| Have you or anyone you know ever been directly affected by a natural disaster such as a droughts or a floods? | Yes | 171 | 85.5% |
| No | 29 | 14.5% | |
| Is there any impact on the community, the environment, livestock, and agricultural production as a result of the Droughts and Floods? | Yes | 189 | 94.5% |
| No | 11 | 5.5% | |
| Droughts and floods are the most common disasters in our home country of Somalia; what do you think are the causes? | Natural cause | 56 | 28% |
| Lack of community knowledge and government preparedness | 56 | 28% | |
| Environmental issue (climate change) | 52 | 26% | |
| deforestation and environmental degradation | 22 | 11% | |
| political issue | 14 | 7% | |
| Which is more common in Jowhar district: 1: floods caused by river flooding or 2: floods caused by excessive rainfall? | River floods | 178 | 89% |
| Excessive rainfall floods | 22 | 11% | |
| What is the greatest impact of floods in Jowhar district, based on your experience and knowledge? | Agriculture | 62 | 31% |
| Environment | 38 | 19% | |
| Building | 30 | 15% | |
| Livestock | 20 | 10% | |
| Population | 10 | 5% | |
| Infrastructure | 40 | 20% | |
| Drought seems to be the most catastrophic problem in the country all the time, what causes the recurrence of droughts, based on your knowledge and experience? | Deforestation | 56 | 28% |
| The government does not fully manage environmental issues whole the country | 52 | 26% | |
| Global climate change | 50 | 25% | |
| Environmental deterioration | 22 | 11% | |
| no environmental protection law and Environmental Conservation law | 20 | 10% | |
| Droughts jeopardize cultivation and crop production by affecting the environment and plants; therefore, who is most vulnerable to the drought’s effects?
| Livestock | 107 | 53.5% |
| Agriculture | 71 | 35.5% | |
| Population specially women & children | 22 | 11% | |
| Do you believe that the current situation in the country and the recurrence of these disasters, particularly droughts and floods, is due to the country’s lack of a comprehensive environmental protection law that is the responsibility of the central government? | Strongly Agree | 109 | 54.5% |
| Agree | 66 | 33% | |
| Neutral | 17 | 8.5% | |
| Disagree | 5 | 2.5% | |
| Strongly dis-agree | 3 | 1.5% | |
| Environmental research institutions working on environmental issues in the country are needed to raise public awareness of such issues. Can we say that as a result of this vacancy, people do not fully understand how to protect their environment and prevent deforesting it in order to survive droughts and floods? | Strongly Agree | 83 | 43.5% |
| Agree | 88 | 44% | |
| Neutral | 23 | 11.5% | |
| Disagree | 5 | 2.5% | |
| Strongly dis-agree | 1 | 0.5% | |
| The Somali government has the responsibility of responding to these disasters, but they are not sufficiently prepared, why are they not prepared as they are responsible for the country? | Because of financial limitations | 73 | 36.5% |
| Due to security reasons, in some places cannot be reached | 87 | 43.5% | |
| The country is not entirely under the government’s authority | 28 | 14% | |
| Political factors | 12 | 6% | |