Protecting Early Childhood Development in Malawi Impact Evaluation Survey 2011-2012
Malawi, 2011 - 2012
Michelle Neuman, Berk Ozler, Lia Fernald
response (e4_1)
Data file: PECD_cleanMG_Qx_noID
Overview
Valid
629
Invalid
1397
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
Range
-9 - 26
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Over the past 12 months, was your household severely affected negatively (economically) by any of the following events?
What was the MOST IMPORTANT thing you did in response to this shock to try to regain your former welfare level?
What was the MOST IMPORTANT thing you did in response to this shock to try to regain your former welfare level?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | missing | 2 |
0.3%
|
| -8 | dont know | 0 |
0%
|
| -7 | na | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | spend cash savings | 254 |
40.4%
|
| 2 | borrowed money | 8 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | reduced consumption/expenditures | 17 |
2.7%
|
| 4 | sold assets/farmland/animal/some crops | 37 |
5.9%
|
| 5 | rented out farmland | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | worked more/other hh member worked more (includes piece work | 156 |
24.8%
|
| 7 | went elsewhere to find work for more than a month | 8 |
1.3%
|
| 8 | started a new business | 34 |
5.4%
|
| 9 | removed children from school to work | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | sent children to live with relatives | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | received help from relatives/another household | 13 |
2.1%
|
| 12 | received help from ngo/government/church | 7 |
1.1%
|
| 13 | reported to police/headman/village chief | 3 |
0.5%
|
| 14 | prayer-spiritual effort, sacrifices, consulted diviner | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | went to hospital (govt, pvt, cham) | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | bought medicine | 0 |
0%
|
| 17 | applied manure or fertilizers | 0 |
0%
|
| 18 | planted seasonal crops | 16 |
2.5%
|
| 19 | bought or used pesticides or insectcides | 0 |
0%
|
| 20 | used natural insectcides or traditional pestcides | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | irrigation farming | 28 |
4.5%
|
| 22 | walk more instead of taking bus or taxi | 0 |
0%
|
| 23 | travelled less/go to fewer places than required using transp | 0 |
0%
|
| 24 | switched to using torches, paraffin or other type of fuel | 0 |
0%
|
| 25 | did not do anything | 42 |
6.7%
|
| 26 | other specify | 3 |
0.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 1397 |
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.