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Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2010/2011

Egypt, 2010 - 2011
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EGY_HIECS_2010_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: Egypt10-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 18693
Valid (weighted): 18732.823
Invalid: 15376
Invalid (weighted): 15396.175
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 48
End: 49
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3155

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 0 0
0%
2 Married monogamous 16563 16621
88.7%
3 Married polygamous 0 0
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 175 167
0.9%
5 Widowed 1955 1944
10.4%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 15376 15396
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
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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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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