Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2004/2005

Egypt, 2004 - 2005

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Reference ID

EGY_HIECS_2004_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: Egypt04-HH-V2

Overview

Valid: 47095

Valid (weighted): 47095

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 34

End: 34

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2686

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	1-2 adults, no child	8010	8021	17%
2	1-2 adults, 1-2 children	11241	11275	23.9%
3	1-2 adult, 3 or more children	9948	9903	21%
4	3 adults or more, 0-1 child	9781	9830	20.9%
5	3 adults or more, 2-3 children	5897	5888	12.5%
6	3 adults or more, 4 children or more	2218	2179	4.6%

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

Others

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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