Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey, Wave 1, 2004
Kenya, 2004
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Reference ID
KEN_2004_GEHDS-W1_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
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Oct 14, 2020
Last modified
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- Data files
- aghead_a
- aghead_b
- aghead_c
- aghead_d
- aghead_e
- aghead_e1_2
- agspouse_a
- agspouse_b
- agspouse_c
- agspouse_c_2
- anthrop_a
- anthrop_b
- anthrop_c
- assets
- assets_I8
- assets_I12
- assets_I17
- assets_II
- assets_II5
- assets_II11
- assets_III
- assets_III7
- assets_III13
- assets_IV
- assets_V
- assets_V6
- assets_V12
- assets_VI
- behavior
- behavior_c5
- education
- educexp
- enterprise
- food
- health
- health_c
- health_c_I
- health_c_II
- health_c_III
- health_c_IV
- hh_roster
- identification
- income
- iroster
- othexp
- polygamoushh
- shocks
- shocks_a3
- shocks_a7
- shocks_a11
- shocks_a15
- shocks_a19
- shocks_a24
- shocks_a27
- shocks_b30
- shocks_b33
- shocks_b36
- shocks_b40
- shocks_c44
- shocks_c49
- shocks_c53
- timealloc
- transfers
- transfers_a3
- transfers_a9
- transfers_a16
- transfers_b3
- transfers_d
- youth
Main reason received money (tr05)
Data file: transfers_a3
Overview
Valid:
875
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was the main reason for receiving this money or goods?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wedding expenses | 10 |
1.1%
|
| 2 | Loan repayment | 30 |
3.4%
|
| 3 | Transportation | 25 |
2.9%
|
| 4 | Subsistence needs | 509 |
58.2%
|
| 5 | Purchase of durable goods | 9 |
1%
|
| 6 | Investment | 69 |
7.9%
|
| 7 | Funeral | 18 |
2.1%
|
| 8 | Gift | 181 |
20.7%
|
| 9 | No specific reason | 6 |
0.7%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 18 |
2.1%
|
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
If the transfer or credit was received or borrowed for more than one reason, write the code for the main reason.
Description
Source of information
Both the primary male and female respondents.