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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 head [Detailed version] (MARTHD_D)

Data file: Egypt15-HH-V3

Overview

Valid: 11988
Valid (weighted): 11997.108
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 97
End: 99
Width: 3
Range: 100 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V855

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
100 Never married 169 186
1.5%
200 Married monogamous 0 0
0%
210 Legally married 0 0
0%
220 Married 9618 9545
79.6%
300 Married polygamous 184 155
1.3%
400 Divorced/Separated 0 0
0%
410 Separated 42 42
0.3%
420 Divorced 177 196
1.6%
500 Widowed 1798 1873
15.6%
999 Not stated 0 0
0%
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
Legal administrative status concerning marriage
Universe
All heads aged 18+ years
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Original survey variable renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

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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