Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey, HIECS 1999/2000

Egypt, 1999 - 2000

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Reference ID

EGY_HIECS_1999_HD_V2.0

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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Feb 19, 2014

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Marital status [Standardized version] (PMART)

Data file: Egypt99-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 69319

Valid (weighted): 69667.236

Invalid: 43948

Invalid (weighted): 46886.987

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 27

End: 28

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2394

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Never married	20475	19998	28.7%
2	Married monogamous	42964	43759	62.8%
3	Married polygamous	91	111	0.2%
4	Divorced/Separated	615	586	0.8%
5	Widowed	5174	5214	7.5%
99	Not stated	0	0	0%
Sysmiss		43948	46887

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

Male Individuals aged18+ years

Female Individuals aged16+ 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 were 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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