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

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Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy

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Agricultural Surveys

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What did in main job in past 12 months - Description (mj02a)

Data file: income

Overview

Valid: 3786

Invalid: 21

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 10

Range: 1 - 298

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What did [NAME] do in his/her main job or activity in the past 12 months? What did [NAME] do in this work? What kind of occupation or trade is it connected with? Description.

Interviewer instructions

You should record the main activity and secondary activity that is not schooling. If the respondent had no other activity except schooling in the past 12 months, then you should record description “STUDENT” and occupation code 88 (for no activity/unemployed) in Section E1 - Question 2 and skip to Section F.

For example, suppose that one of the household members was enrolled full-time in school in the past 12 months, but after school every day and on weekends he helped his father work on the shambas. This is the only activity that the child worked at in the last 12 months, other than schooling. Then, in Section E1, you will write Crop Farming (code 1) as this child's main activity in the past 12 months.

For women who may primarily consider themselves housewives, record the occupation code 3 (for housewife) and description “HOUSEWIFE.” If the person works as a cook or housekeeper for someone else, then the work should be recorded as code 15 (for domestic worker), with the description "DOMESTIC WORKER."

If a person has had absolutely no major activity or occupation, record code 88 (for No activity/unemployed).

Description

Universe

All household members 8 years and older.

Source of information

Primary male respondent

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