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 giving assistance (h0914)

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

Overview

vald 948

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

9.1 What was the main reason why your household/ members of your household gave this assistance?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1 = Purchase of food and basic necessities	275	29%
2	2 = For construction/building	12	1.3%
3	3 = Investment in HH enterprise/business	4	0.4%
4	4 = Purchase of durable goods	4	0.4%
5	5 = Educational expenses	71	7.5%
6	6 = Medical expenses	29	3.1%
7	7 = Wedding/funeral expenses	8	0.8%
8	8 = Child support	7	0.7%
9	9 = Charity	4	0.4%
10	10 = Purchase of land	1	0.1%
11	11 = For rent	5	0.5%
95	95 = Missing	2	0.2%
96	96 = Other	8	0.8%
97	97 = Refusal	147	15.5%
99	99 = Not applicable	371	39.1%

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

Code sheet 13

CODES 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)