Poverty and Living Conditions Survey 2014-2015

Myanmar, 2015

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Reference ID

MMR_2015_MPLCS_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/tyd0-f528

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World Bank

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Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Q12a.17.HH's perception on current wealth status (6 steps scale)[Friends] (q12a_17)

Data file: 01_world_bank_mplcs-hh_all_data_set.dta

Overview

Valid: 3648

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 498

End: 498

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

SHOW THE PICTURE OF THE STEPS ON THE RIGHT.

Literal question

'Imagine six steps, where on the bottom, the first step, stand the poorest people, and on the highest step, the sixth step, stand the rich,'On which step are most of your friends today?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Poor	306	8.4%
2		1077	29.5%
3		1386	38%
4		636	17.4%
5		192	5.3%
6	Rich	51	1.4%

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

Q15-Q17 require you to show the respondent the diagram of the six steps included in the questionnaire. Before asking Q15-Q17, state the following to the respondent: “Imagine six steps, where on the bottom, the first step, stand the poorest people, and on the highest step, the sixth step, stand the rich.” Use the diagram to ensure the respondent fully understands what you mean.

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