UPHD - Detailed Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2007

KENYA, 2007 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

Main reason for the assistance (h0906)

Data file: Transfers and social assistance-Transfers to the household

Overview

vald 827

invd 4

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

9.6 What was the main reason why (NAME OF DONOR) gave this money?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1 = Purchase of food and basic necessities	62	7.5%
2	2 = For construction/building	0	0%
3	3 = Investment in HH enterprise/business	5	0.6%
4	4 = Purchase of durable goods	2	0.2%
5	5 = Educational expenses	21	2.5%
6	6 = Medical expenses	13	1.6%
7	7 = Wedding/funeral expenses	3	0.4%
8	8 = Child support	2	0.2%
9	9 = Charity	5	0.6%
10	10 = Purchase of land	0	0%
11	11 = For rent	6	0.7%
96	96 = Other	6	0.7%
97	97 = Refusal	147	17.7%
99	99 = Not applicable	555	66.8%
95	95 = Missing	4	0.5%

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

Codesheet 12

12CODES FOR REASON FOR ASSISTANCE

01=Purchase of food and basic necessities; 02=For construction/building; 03=Investment in HH enterprise/business; 04=Purchase of durable goods;05=Educational expenses; 06=Medical expenses; 07=Wedding/funeral expenses; 08=Child support; 09=Charity; 10=Purchase of land; 11=For rent 96=Other(specify)