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Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2008/2009

Egypt, 2008 - 2009
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EGY_HIECS_2008_HD_V2.0
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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: Egypt08-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 62129
Valid (weighted): 62224.029
Invalid: 47634
Invalid (weighted): 47650.962
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 48
End: 49
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2920

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 0 0
0%
2 Married monogamous 55198 55294
88.9%
3 Married polygamous 0 0
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 534 522
0.8%
5 Widowed 6397 6408
10.3%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 47634 47651
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
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Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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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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