Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey, Wave 1, 2004

Kenya, 2004

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KEN_2004_GEHDS-W1_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

Producer(s)

Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy

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Agricultural Surveys

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Received money or goods since Jan 2003 (tr01)

Data file: transfers

Overview

Valid: 1210

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Since January 2003, have you received money or goods from persons who are not members of your household? For example from children, parents, relatives or friends living elsewhere?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	496	41%
2	No	714	59%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Ask the respondent if s/he has received money or goods for any persons who are not members of his/her household since January 2003.

Question post text

*If no, probe for gifts, money received for funerals, child support, weddings, goods or money to help sick persons - since January 2003 (exclude transfers for schooling expenses, medical expenses, and gifts of land). Refer back to the household roster on children living elsewhere and ask about gifts, loans and transfers from these children.

If answer is 2 > Go to 15 (tr15 - variable name in dataset).

Description

Source of information

Both the primary male and female respondents.

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