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Fourth Integrated Household Survey 2016-2017

Malawi, 2016 - 2017
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Reference ID
MWI_2016_IHS-IV_v04_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/g2p9-9r19
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office (NSO)
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Nov 29, 2017
Last modified
Jun 16, 2021
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  • HH_METADATA
  • HH_MOD_A_FILT
  • HH_MOD_B
  • HH_MOD_C
  • HH_MOD_D
  • HH_MOD_E
  • HH_MOD_F
  • HH_MOD_G1
  • HH_MOD_G2
  • HH_MOD_G3
  • HH_MOD_H
  • HH_MOD_I1
  • HH_MOD_I2
  • HH_MOD_J
  • HH_MOD_K1
  • HH_MOD_K2
  • HH_MOD_L
  • HH_MOD_M
  • HH_MOD_N1
  • HH_MOD_N2
  • HH_MOD_O
  • HH_MOD_P
  • HH_MOD_Q
  • HH_MOD_R
  • HH_MOD_S1
  • HH_MOD_S2
  • HH_MOD_T
  • HH_MOD_U
  • HH_MOD_V
  • HH_MOD_W
  • HH_MOD_X
  • AG_METADATA
  • AG_MOD_A
  • AG_MOD_B1
  • AG_MOD_B2
  • AG_MOD_C
  • AG_MOD_E1
  • AG_MOD_E2
  • AG_MOD_E4
  • AG_MOD_F
  • AG_MOD_G
  • AG_MOD_H
  • AG_MOD_I
  • AG_MOD_I1
  • AG_MOD_I2
  • AG_MOD_L
  • AG_MOD_N
  • AG_MOD_NR
  • AG_MOD_O
  • AG_MOD_O1
  • AG_MOD_O2
  • AG_MOD_P
  • AG_MOD_Q
  • AG_MOD_R1
  • AG_MOD_R2
  • AG_MOD_S
  • AG_MOD_T1
  • AG_MOD_T2
  • AG_MOD_U
  • AG_MOD_V
  • PlotGeovariablesIHS4
  • FS_METADATA
  • FS_MOD_A
  • FS_MOD_B
  • FS_MOD_C
  • FS_MOD_D1
  • FS_MOD_D2
  • FS_MOD_D3
  • FS_MOD_E1
  • FS_MOD_E2
  • FS_MOD_F1
  • FS_MOD_F2
  • FS_MOD_G
  • FS_MOD_H1
  • FS_MOD_H2
  • FS_MOD_H3
  • FS_MOD_I1
  • FS_MOD_I2
  • FS_MOD_J1
  • FS_MOD_J2
  • COM_CA
  • COM_CB
  • COM_CC
  • COM_CD
  • COM_CE
  • COM_CF1
  • COM_CF2
  • COM_CG
  • COM_CI
  • COM_CJ
  • COM_META
  • HouseholdGeovariablesIHS4
  • IHS4
    Consumption
    Aggregate
  • com_ch
  • AG_MOD_D
  • AG_MOD_J
  • AG_MOD_K
  • AG_MOD_M
  • ag_mod_e3

Interventions to try to regain your former welfare level (1)? (hh_u04a)

Data file: HH_MOD_U

Overview

Valid: 27904
Invalid: 258377
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 56
End: 57
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 20
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 RELIED ON OWN-SAVINGS 11495
41.2%
2 RECEIVED UNCONDITIONAL HELP FROM RELATIVES / FRIENDS 2213
7.9%
3 RECEIVED UNCONDITIONAL HELP FROM GOVERNMENT 750
2.7%
4 RECEIVED UNCONDITIONAL HELP FROM NGO / RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION 746
2.7%
5 CHANGED EATING PATTERNS (RELIED ON LESS PREFERRED FOOD OPTIONS, REDUCED THE PROPORTION OR NUMBER OF MEALS PER DAY, OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS SKIPPED DAYS OF EATING, ETC) 2797
10%
6 EMPLOYED HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS TOOK ON MORE EMPLOYMENT 200
0.7%
7 ADULT HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY NOT WORKING HAD TO FIND WORK 391
1.4%
8 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS MIGRATED 34
0.1%
9 REDUCED EXPENDITURES ON HEALTH AND/OR EDUCATION 18
0.1%
10 OBTAINED CREDIT 711
2.5%
11 SOLD AGRICULTURAL ASSETS 85
0.3%
12 SOLD DURABLE ASSETS 138
0.5%
13 SOLD LAND/BUILDING 9
0%
14 SOLD CROP STOCK 133
0.5%
15 SOLD LIVESTOCK 258
0.9%
16 INTENSIFY FISHING 30
0.1%
17 SENT CHILDREN TO LIVE ELSEWHERE 19
0.1%
18 ENGAGED IN SPIRITUAL EFFORTS -PRAYER, SACRIFICES, DIVINER CONSULTATIONS 245
0.9%
19 DID NOT DO ANYTHING 6313
22.6%
20 OTHER (SPECIFY) 1319
4.7%
Sysmiss 258377
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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