Migration Household Survey 2009

Kenya, 2009

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Reference ID

KEN_2009_MRHSS_v01_M

Producer(s)

University of Nairobi

Collection(s)

Migration and Remittances Surveys

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Amount of remitt. spent on building new house in past 12months (q5_22_8)

Data file: Household

Overview

Valid: 39

Invalid: 1903

Minimum: 2500

Maximum: 1500000

Mean: 308397.436

Standard deviation: 410181.205

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 441

End: 447

Width: 7

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How did your household spend the money sent by (NAME) in the past 12 months? Amount (In local currency). Build new house.

Categories

Value	Category
0	none
777	n\a
999	missing

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

Q5.22 collects information on how the household spent the cash remittances sent by all former household members who are currently working outside of the household. The reference period is the last 12 months. This question collects information on ALL cash remittances sent by all former household members who are currently migrants. The question asks for the amount of remittances spent by the household on various categories, such as food, education, health, rent, housing, and business. Please record all expenditures in local currency.

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