Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2021/2022

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021 - 2022

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Reference ID

EGY_HIECS_2021_HD_V3.0

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Sep 17, 2025

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Marital status [Standardized version] (PMART)

Data file: Egypt21-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 30479

Valid (weighted): 30322.701

Invalid: 19979

Invalid (weighted): 19832.951

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 28

End: 29

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1680

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Never married	7135	7034	23.2%
2	Married monogamous	20102	20024	66%
3	Married polygamous	36	36	0.1%
4	Divorced/Separated	809	818	2.7%
5	Widowed	2397	2410	7.9%
99	Not stated	0	0	0%
Sysmiss		19979	19833

Description

Definition

Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, a person can be still legally recognized as being in a relationship).

Universe

All individuals aged 18+ years

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Original survey variable recoded/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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