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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h6.3 most important reason why save (h6_3)
Data file: bsavins_PUF
Overview
Valid:
608
Invalid:
479
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
101
End:
102
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 | 79 |
13%
|
| 2 | access to credit | 12 |
2%
|
| 3 | school fees | 69 |
11.3%
|
| 4 | buy agricultural inputs/investments | 133 |
21.9%
|
| 5 | provide for old age | 9 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | repair dwelling | 21 |
3.5%
|
| 7 | emergency events | 72 |
11.8%
|
| 8 | secure consumption | 125 |
20.6%
|
| 9 | marriage | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 10 | no insurance | 3 |
0.5%
|
| 11 | to leave inheritance | 70 |
11.5%
|
| 12 | other specify | 13 |
2.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 479 |
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.