Family network and household composition (Karonga HDSS data)
Malawi
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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-POPDENS-2004-v1.0
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Main source of income for household (D) (inc1hh)
Data file: popdens_hhcomp_famnet_stateevents_year
Overview
Valid:
385363
Invalid:
120681
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
719
End:
720
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Main source of income for household (D)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regular employment | 45682 |
11.9%
|
| 2 | piecework | 36169 |
9.4%
|
| 3 | farming | 184391 |
47.8%
|
| 4 | fishing | 28083 |
7.3%
|
| 5 | selling prepared food | 8324 |
2.2%
|
| 6 | manufactoring goods | 7759 |
2%
|
| 7 | trading | 34118 |
8.9%
|
| 8 | gathering natural products | 2577 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | letting property | 4765 |
1.2%
|
| 10 | providing a service | 11461 |
3%
|
| 11 | support from relatives | 16543 |
4.3%
|
| 12 | support from non-relative | 3424 |
0.9%
|
| 13 | other | 2067 |
0.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 120681 |
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.