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
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Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
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Oct 14, 2020
Last modified
Nov 08, 2022
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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
Main reason send this money/goods (trb05)
Data file: transfers_b2
Overview
Valid:
1525
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was the main reason for sending this money or goods?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wedding expenses | 315 |
20.7%
|
| 2 | Loan repayment | 36 |
2.4%
|
| 3 | Transportation | 63 |
4.1%
|
| 4 | Subsistence needs | 566 |
37.1%
|
| 5 | Purchase of durable goods | 30 |
2%
|
| 6 | Investment | 119 |
7.8%
|
| 7 | Funeral | 25 |
1.6%
|
| 8 | Gift | 258 |
16.9%
|
| 9 | No specific reason | 8 |
0.5%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 105 |
6.9%
|
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
Both the primary male and female respondents.