Household Socio-Economic Survey 2006-2007

Iraq, 2006 - 2007

Get Microdata

Reference ID

IRQ_2006_IHSES_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/ebk1-rr24

Producer(s)

Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT), Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

Mar 23, 2011

Last modified

Jan 30, 2020

Page views

226310

Downloads

233757

Purpose to borrow, 2nd (q1703_2)

Data file: 2007ihses17_loans_credits

Overview

Valid: 1838

Invalid: 15984

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 44

End: 45

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the main purpose of borrowing money, last 12 months (write 3 reasons' codes, and as per importance)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Household consumption needs	319	17.4%
2	Agricultural production (equipment)	289	15.7%
3	Non-agricultural activities	118	6.4%
4	Emergencies	94	5.1%
5	Ceremonials	17	0.9%
6	Maintenance of dwelling	65	3.5%
7	Purchase land to build a home	12	0.7%
8	Purchase of consumer durables	598	32.5%
9	Payback existing debts	216	11.8%
10	Other	110	6%
Sysmiss		15984

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

This question is put to households that got a loan during the past 12 months. What is the purpose of this loan? Was it for household needs, to purchase agricultural equipment, for marriage or funerals, to buy land or a durable good, etc. Write down the code of the main purpose as mentioned in the question for three cases of loans or credits and for the highest loans.

Back to Catalog