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Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2017/2018

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2017 - 2018
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EGY_HIECS_2017_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: Egypt17-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 29021
Valid (weighted): 28264.991
Invalid: 23907
Invalid (weighted): 23770.707
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 57
End: 58
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 25885 25163
89%
3 Married polygamous 0 0
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 528 532
1.9%
5 Widowed 2608 2570
9.1%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 23907 23771
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
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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Generated by ERF

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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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