Household Expenditure and Income Survey, HEIS 2006

Jordan, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

JOR_2006_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: Jordan06-HH-V2

Overview

Valid: 2897

Valid (weighted): 944167.784

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 37

End: 37

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2172

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	1-2 adults, no child	265	81917	8.7%
2	1-2 adults, 1-2 children	340	120466	12.8%
3	1-2 adult, 3 or more children	885	301663	32%
4	3 adults or more, 0-1 child	627	196327	20.8%
5	3 adults or more, 2-3 children	407	131341	13.9%
6	3 adults or more, 4 children or more	373	112453	11.9%

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

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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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