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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Mar 13, 2013
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h6.2 most important reason why save (h6_2)
Data file: bsavins_PUF
Overview
Valid:
786
Invalid:
301
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
99
End:
100
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What are the most important reasons that you save?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect against bad harvest or drought | 47 |
6%
|
| 2 | access to credit | 9 |
1.1%
|
| 3 | school fees | 58 |
7.4%
|
| 4 | buy agricultural inputs/investments | 247 |
31.4%
|
| 5 | provide for old age | 20 |
2.5%
|
| 6 | repair dwelling | 20 |
2.5%
|
| 7 | emergency events | 207 |
26.3%
|
| 8 | secure consumption | 124 |
15.8%
|
| 9 | marriage | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | no insurance | 3 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | to leave inheritance | 31 |
3.9%
|
| 12 | other specify | 19 |
2.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 301 |
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.