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

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021 - 2022
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EGY_HIECS_2021_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: Egypt21-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 23276
Valid (weighted): 23005.195
Invalid: 27182
Invalid (weighted): 27150.458
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 101
End: 103
Width: 3
Range: 100 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1680

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 22797 22524
97.9%
300 Married polygamous 149 150
0.7%
400 Divorced/Separated 0 0
0%
410 Separated 6 5
0%
420 Divorced 75 81
0.4%
500 Widowed 249 245
1.1%
999 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 27182 27150
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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