SES Combined socio-economic data

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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-SES-2007-v01b

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Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS

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Score of savings/safety nets available to household (D) (safescore)

Data file: combined_ses_hh

Overview

Valid: 7244

Invalid: 52015

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 195

End: 196

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

Score of savings/safety nets available to household

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: giftreceive (table[s]: css_seh)
variable: loanreceive (table[s]: css_seh)
variable: giftgive (table[s]: css_seh)
variable: loangive (table[s]: css_seh)
variable: newloan (table[s]: css_seh)
variable: savinggp (table[s]: css_seh)
variable: savings (table[s]: css_seh)

egen safescore1=rowtotal(giftreceive loanreceive giftgive loangive newloan savinggp savings)
replace safescore1=. if giftreceive==. & loanreceive==. & giftgive==. & loangive==. & newloan==. & savinggp==. & savings==.
xtile safescore=safescore1, nq(10) /*score is created by splitting the population into deciles*/

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