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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 father [Detailed version] (PFMART_D)

Data file: Egypt17-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 25446
Valid (weighted): 24691.98
Invalid: 27482
Invalid (weighted): 27343.718
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 59
End: 61
Width: 3
Range: 100 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1086

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
100 Never married 0 0
0%
200 Married monogamous 0 0
0%
210 Legally married 0 0
0%
220 Married 24918 24206
98%
300 Married polygamous 132 113
0.5%
400 Divorced/Separated 0 0
0%
410 Separated 7 10
0%
420 Divorced 86 81
0.3%
500 Widowed 303 283
1.1%
999 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 27482 27344
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 father
Universe
All individuals
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
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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