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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Household composition (HCOMP)

Data file: Egypt99-HH-V2

Overview

Valid: 23975

Valid (weighted): 23975.956

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 31

End: 31

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2456

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	1-2 adults, no child	3569	3381	14.1%
2	1-2 adults, 1-2 children	4887	4775	19.9%
3	1-2 adult, 3 or more children	5188	5450	22.7%
4	3 adults or more, 0-1 child	5025	4652	19.4%
5	3 adults or more, 2-3 children	3569	3667	15.3%
6	3 adults or more, 4 children or more	1737	2051	8.6%

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 composition of the household with the number of adults and of children using standardized family models: 2 adults no children, 2 adults 1-2 children etc..

Universe

All households

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Generated by ERF
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Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf) if available

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Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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This variables might not exist in all surveys and can be constructed using the information in the household and person files.
In case the variable is generated, the adult is defined as either a:
- HH member aged 18 years or older
- HH head even if aged less than 18 years
- a married HH member even if aged less than 18 years

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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