Ethiopian Rural Household Survey 1989-2009

Ethiopia, 1989 - 2009

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ETH_1989-2009_ERHS_v01_M

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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Centre for the study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University (AAU)

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Compared to five years ago, why have your circumstances changed? (q14bp1s7)

Data file: ERHS 2009_R7p1_s7a

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Value	Category
-99	DK
-88	Missing
-77	NA
1	Harvests have been good
2	Adopted new ways of farming
3	Started growing new crops
4	Set up a new business or trade
5	Own business or trade has been profitable
6	Accumulated livestock
7	Live in a nicer house
8	Accumulated other assets
9	Managed my crops or livestock well
10	Managed my business well
11	Worked hard
12	Was willing to take risks
13	Drink less
14	Wife drinks less
15	Have more children
16	Wife works hard
17	Times are better
18	Good luck
19	God has helped
20	Better networks
31	Harvests have been poor
32	Tried new crops or new ways of farming but they failed
33	Own business failed or didn't do well
34	Have less livestock
35	House is not as nice as it used to be
36	Have fewer other assets
37	Managed my crops poorly
38	Managed my business poorly
39	Was lazy
40	Did not want to take risks
41	Drink too much
42	Wife drinks too much
43	Wife has been sick
44	Wife died
45	Children sick or died
46	Children moved away
47	Wife is lazy
48	Times have been bad
49	Bad luck
50	God has not helped
51	Poorer networks
52	Others
53	Helped by children
54	Shortage of farm land
55	Sickness of household member
56	Old age
57	Death of husband
58	Divorce
59	Death of father, mother or family member
60	Increase family number
61	Getting more farm land
62	Husband is in prison
63	Rising of food prices

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.

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