Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

main reason for begging on the street (man_q1048)

Data file: NCSS 2012 MEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 2355

invd 15

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the main reason that made you do it?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	no food in the house	5	0.2%
2	parent(s) forced/asked me	0	0%
3	had no home/parents	0	0%
4	to join a friend	1	0%
5	had no job	0	0%
96	other	0	0%
99	not applicable	2287	97.1%
9999995	missing:impute	62	2.6%
Sysmiss		15

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.

Question pretext

Question post text

ONLY ONE RESPONSE ALLOWED

Interviewer instructions

Qs 1245-1247 Capture information on any episode of the young woman's life spent on the streets begging, why she went to beg and the age at which she first went to the streets to beg.

Description

Text

Man's main reason for begging on the street

Universe

All men aged 12-24 years who have ever begged on the street according to man_q1047