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Household Expenditure and Income Survey, HEIS 2008

Jordan, 2008 - 2009
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Reference ID
JOR_2008_HEIS_HD_V2.0
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of 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: Jordan08-HH-V2

Overview

Valid: 2746
Valid (weighted): 1038493.592
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 36
End: 36
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2472

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 1-2 adults, no child 273 106861
10.3%
2 1-2 adults, 1-2 children 360 133438
12.8%
3 1-2 adult, 3 or more children 771 286722
27.6%
4 3 adults or more, 0-1 child 651 246807
23.8%
5 3 adults or more, 2-3 children 377 142630
13.7%
6 3 adults or more, 4 children or more 314 122036
11.8%
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

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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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