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Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2021/2022

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021 - 2022
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EGY_HIECS_2021_HD_V3.0
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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: Egypt21-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 26825
Valid (weighted): 26598.751
Invalid: 23633
Invalid (weighted): 23556.901
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 141
End: 142
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1680

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 0 0
0%
2 Married monogamous 24142 23958
90.1%
3 Married polygamous 0 0
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 491 474
1.8%
5 Widowed 2192 2167
8.1%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 23633 23557
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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