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Second Integrated Household Survey 2004-2005

Malawi, 2004 - 2005
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Reference ID
MWI_2004_IHS-II_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/2ked-2t88
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jun 09, 2015
Last modified
Jan 30, 2020
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  • sec_a
  • sec_aa
  • sec_ab
  • sec_ac
  • sec_ad
  • sec_b
  • sec_c
  • sec_d
  • sec_e
  • sec_f
  • sec_g
  • sec_h
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  • sec_j1
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  • sec_k
  • sec_l
  • sec_m1
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  • sec_n
  • sec_o
  • sec_p
  • sec_q1
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  • sec_r
  • sec_s
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  • sec_v
  • sec_w
  • sec_x
  • sec_y
  • sec_z1
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Response to shock to regain former welfare level (1) (ab07a)

Data file: sec_ab

Overview

Valid: 28425
Invalid: 174619
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 35
End: 36
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Spent cash savings 3430
12.1%
2 Sent children to live with relatives 149
0.5%
3 Sold assets 524
1.8%
4 Sold farmland 39
0.1%
5 Rented out animals 52
0.2%
6 Sold animals 1185
4.2%
7 Sold more crops 716
2.5%
8 Worked longer hours, worked more 4634
16.3%
9 Other HH members went to work 318
1.1%
10 Started a new business 728
2.6%
11 Removed children from school 6
0%
12 Went elsewhere to find work for more than 1 month 488
1.7%
13 Borrowed money from relatives 759
2.7%
14 Borrowed money from money lender 169
0.6%
15 Borrowed money from institution 77
0.3%
16 Received help from religious institution 127
0.4%
17 Received help from local NGO 140
0.5%
18 Received help from international NGO 92
0.3%
19 Received help from government 537
1.9%
20 Reduced food consumption 1458
5.1%
21 Consumed lower cost but less preferred foods 960
3.4%
22 Reduced nonfood expenditures 584
2.1%
23 Spiritual effort, prayer, consulted diviner 1266
4.5%
24 Did not do anything 9459
33.3%
25 Other, specify 320
1.1%
26 Applying Manure/Chemicals 23
0.1%
99 Dont know 185
0.7%
Sysmiss 174619
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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