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Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2015

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2015
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EGY_HIECS_2015_HD_V3.0
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Marital status of the mother [Standardized version] (PMMART)

Data file: Egypt15-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 28916
Valid (weighted): 27938.355
Invalid: 23338
Invalid (weighted): 23240.764
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 55
End: 56
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1086

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 0 0
0%
2 Married monogamous 25810 24894
89.1%
3 Married polygamous 0 0
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 476 502
1.8%
5 Widowed 2630 2543
9.1%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 23338 23241
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

Definition
Indicates the Marital status of the mother [Standardized version]
Universe
All individuals
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Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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There is no Polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the head (male). For the other individuals we consider those having the status married as monogamous.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The code "1" in the original variable indicating those below the question age category was recoded missing.

The "married polygamous" category was only generated for the head of the household if the number of spouses exceeds "1".
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