Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey, Wave 2, 2005
Kenya, 2005
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Reference ID
KEN_2005_GEHDS-W2_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
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Oct 14, 2020
Last modified
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- Data files
- ag_a
- ag_b
- ag_c
- ag_d
- anthrop_a
- anthrop_b
- anthrop_c
- assets
- assets_I8
- assets_I17
- assets_II5
- assets_II11
- assets_IV7
- assets_IV13
- assets_V
- assets_VI5
- assets_VI12
- behavior
- behavior_c4
- education
- educexp
- famback
- famback_II
- famback_III
- famback_IV
- famback_V
- food
- health
- health_c
- health_c_I
- health_c_II
- health_c_III
- health_c_IV
- hhr_correction
- hhroster_1
- hhroster_2
- housing
- housing_2
- identification
- income
- iroster
- marriage
- marriage_b
- marriage_c
- mortality
- mortality_b
- networks
- networks_a
- networks_b
- networks_c
- networks_c9
- networks_c10
- networks_d
- networks_e
- othexp
- shocks
- shocks_a3
- shocks_a7
- shocks_a11
- shocks_a15
- shocks_a19
- shocks_a24
- shocks_b30
- shocks_b33
- shocks_b40
- shocks_c45
- shocks_c49
- shocks_c53
- timerisk
- transfers
- transfers_a2
- transfers_a10
- transfers_b2
- transfers_d2
- transfers_d7
- transfers_d14
- transfers_d19
- youth
Kind of work person did (mort16)
Data file: mortality
Overview
Valid:
230
Invalid:
53
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Mean:
8.617
Standard deviation:
13.561
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What kind of work did this person do for most of his/her life?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crop farmer | 63 |
27.4%
|
| 2 | Animal farmer | 13 |
5.7%
|
| 3 | Housewife | 8 |
3.5%
|
| 4 | Trader/merchant/salesperson | 28 |
12.2%
|
| 5 | Transport worker | 26 |
11.3%
|
| 6 | Construction worker | 1 |
0.4%
|
| 7 | Teacher/education professional | 15 |
6.5%
|
| 8 | Health professional/TBA/trad. Healer | 2 |
0.9%
|
| 9 | Secretary/clerical | 2 |
0.9%
|
| 10 | Factory worker | 2 |
0.9%
|
| 11 | Restaurant/bar/hotel | 1 |
0.4%
|
| 12 | Skilled trades (carpenter, tailor, etc.) | 6 |
2.6%
|
| 13 | Preacher/pastor | 2 |
0.9%
|
| 14 | Village elder | 2 |
0.9%
|
| 15 | Domestic worker | 2 |
0.9%
|
| 16 | Civil Servant/Government | 40 |
17.4%
|
| 17 | Other (specify) | 12 |
5.2%
|
| 88 | No activity/unemployed | 4 |
1.7%
|
| 99 | Don’t Know | 1 |
0.4%
|
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.
Description
Source of information
The individual who is the household head during the time of the interview.