SES Combined socio-economic data

Malawi

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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 top 4 sources of income in the household (D) (incscorehh)

Data file: combined_ses_hh

Overview

Valid: 38515

Invalid: 20744

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 156

End: 156

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

Score of top 4 sources of income in the household

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: inc1hh (table[s]: this dataset)
variable: emphead (table[s]: gp_gphhold)

gen incscorehh=inc1score+(inc2score*0.75)+(inc3score*0.5)+(inc4score*0.25)
replace incscorehh=3 if incscorehh>3 & incscorehh~=.

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