Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Viet Nam, 1997 - 1998

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VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

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General Statistical Office (GSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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23. relationship of the guarantor to the member (s14aq23)

Data file: SCR14A3

Overview

Valid: 916

Invalid: 3610

Minimum: 2

Maximum: 17

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 39

End: 40

Width: 2

Range: 2 - 17

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the relationship of the guarantor to the member of the household borrowing money?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
2	wife or husband	44	4.8%
3	child	9	1%
4	son/daught.-in-law	10	1.1%
5	grandchild	40	4.4%
6	father or mother	14	1.5%
7	parents-in-law	4	0.4%
8	sister or brother	17	1.9%
9	grandparent	0	0%
10	niece/nephew	1	0.1%
11	other relative	0	0%
12	adopted/step child	0	0%
13	friend	9	1%
14	neighbor	3	0.3%
15	Employer	8	0.9%
16	Local Official	740	80.8%
17	other	17	1.9%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Code "8" [sic] “Employer” means when a person who works as a hired or
contracted labourer for another person. When the contracted or hired worker borrows money or
goods, his guarantor is his employer

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