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Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2017/2018

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2017 - 2018
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EGY_HIECS_2017_HD_V3.0
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Marital status of the father [Standardized version] (PFMART)

Data file: Egypt17-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 25446
Valid (weighted): 24691.98
Invalid: 27482
Invalid (weighted): 27343.718
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 55
End: 56
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1086

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 0 0
0%
2 Married monogamous 24918 24206
98%
3 Married polygamous 132 113
0.5%
4 Divorced/Separated 93 90
0.4%
5 Widowed 303 283
1.1%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 27482 27344
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 father [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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