Technology Adoption and Risk Initiative Household Baseline Survey 2006
Malawi, 2006
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Reference ID
MWI_2006_MTARI_v01_M_PUF
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Xavier Gine, Dean Yang
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o10.3 copping mechanisms (o10_3)
Data file: bmain_PUF
Overview
Valid:
502
Invalid:
585
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1258
End:
1259
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 23
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
How will you cope if there is a major drought?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sold livestock and or other assets. | 66 |
13.1%
|
| 2 | spent savings | 35 |
7%
|
| 3 | reduce consumption | 54 |
10.8%
|
| 4 | reduce investment | 10 |
2%
|
| 5 | postpone payment of loans and major expenditure. | 3 |
0.6%
|
| 6 | sale of firewood /chop | 25 |
5%
|
| 7 | use irrigation to cultivate | 54 |
10.8%
|
| 8 | took children out of school | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | sent children to work | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | sent children to foster families | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | got assistance from outside vilage | 13 |
2.6%
|
| 12 | got assistance from friends outside village | 3 |
0.6%
|
| 13 | got assitance from relatives inside village | 29 |
5.8%
|
| 14 | got assistance from friends inside the village | 14 |
2.8%
|
| 15 | got assistance from govt or ngo | 59 |
11.8%
|
| 16 | hired as agricultral laborer | 57 |
11.4%
|
| 17 | borrowed money from bank | 10 |
2%
|
| 18 | borrowed money from auctioneer | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 19 | borrowed money from relatives | 8 |
1.6%
|
| 20 | borrowed money from friends | 16 |
3.2%
|
| 21 | borrowed money from a money lender. | 6 |
1.2%
|
| 22 | migration of some household members | 12 |
2.4%
|
| 23 | other,specify | 24 |
4.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 585 |
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.
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