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General Household Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010
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NGA_2009_GHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Purpose of remittance (NG2009A_0493)

Data file: NGA2009-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 211
End: 211
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
92. Purpose for which the gift/cash was sent

[] 1 Maintenance for upkeep/subsidies consumption of spouse, parent, or other relatives
[] 2 Mortgage fund for land, houses, and other real estate
[] 3 Investment in shares, bonds, and other financial investment
[] 4 For development projects in the community
[] 5 Payment/donations to non-profit institutions serving household (religious bodies)
[] 6 Payment/donation to NGOs
[] 7 Payment of hospital bill of spouse, parent, or other relative
[] 8 Payment of school fees of spouse, parent, or other relative
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Maintenance for upkeep or consumption of spouse, parent or relative
2 Mortgage fund for land, houses or other real estate
3 Investment in shares or bonds or other financial investment
4 Development of projects in the community
5 Payment or donation to non-profit institution serving household (religious body)
6 Payment or donation to NGOs
7 Payment of hospital bill of spouse, parent or other relative
8 Payment of school fees of spouse, parent or other parent
9 Unknown
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
This variable indicates the purpose of the cash or in kind remittance.
Universe
Persons age 10+ who received remittances

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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