Future of African Remittances: National Surveys 2010

Kenya, 2010

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KEN_2010_RHS_v01_M

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Edward Al-Hussainy

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Sep 30, 2011

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Data file: Kenya Final Round 2 Data

Data from phase 2 of the survey: a targeted survey of the remittance recipient population in Kenya

Cases:	401
Variables:	53

Variables

SERIAL_NUMBER

INTERVIEWER_ID

Q1

Can you please tell me your age?

Q2

Do you have any family members or relatives living in another country outside Kenya?

Q3

Have any of your family members or relatives living in another country outside Kenya ever sent you money?

Q4

How frequently does your family member or relative send you money?

Q5_1

In which country does that family member or relative live – the one that sends you money?

Q6

Do you receive the money directly or does another member of your family receive the money and you benefit from the money?

Q7

Do you send any of this money to someone else living in another part of Kenya?

Q8

Overall, how many people benefit from the money you receive from your family member or relative?

Q9_1

What is your relationship to the person who sends you money – is it your father or mother, your sister or brother, your husband or wife, your son or daughter, or another type of family member?

Q10

For how many years has this family member or relative been sending you money?

Q11_EXACT

How much money – on average – does your family member or relative send to you each time?

Q11

How much money – on average – does your family member or relative send to you each time?

Q11_EX_USD

Q11Exact in USD

Q11_EX_USD_Cat

Q11 Exact USD in Categories

Q11_FINAL

Q12_1

How do you receive this money?

Q12_2

How do you receive this money?

Q13

If you use a bank or remittance company, what is the name of the bank or remittance company?

Q14

How satisfied are you with the services of ...?

Q15

Are you able to save any of the money that your family member or relative sends to you?

Q16

Do you deposit the money you save into a savings account at a banks or credit union or do you save it somewhere else?

Q17

Approximately what portion of the money you receive do you spend on daily expenses such as food, clothes, housing, utilities and medicine?

Q18_1

Other than daily expenses, what do you use this money for?

Q18_2

Other than daily expenses, what do you use this money for?

Q18_3

Other than daily expenses, what do you use this money for?

Q19

How long ago did your family member or relative leave Kenya?

Q20

How often do you communicate with this family member or relative – the one that sends you money?

Q21_1

Which of the following best describes the main reason your relative who sends you money left Kenya, was it….

Q21_2

Which of the following best describes the main reason your r

Q22

Did you make arrangements with this family member – that he or she would send you money – before he or she left Kenya?

Q23

Have any of your family members or relatives living in another part of Kenya ever sent you money?

Q24

Is this money that the person earns themselves in Kenya?

Q25

Overall, how do you see your family’s personal economic situation in Kenya – is your personal economic situation excellent, good, mediocre or bad?

Q26

Overall, how do you have a positive or negative opinion of the banks in Kenya?

Q27_1

Do you currently have any of the following…?

Q27_2

Do you currently have any of the following…?

Q27_3

Do you currently have any of the following…?

Q27_4

Do you currently have any of the following…?

Q28

A mortgage or loan to buy or build a home – would you be very interested, somewhat interested or not interested in this?

Q29

A loan to finance the university education for someone in your family – would you be very interested, somewhat interested or not interested in this?

Q30

The ability to open a savings account in a bank – would you be very interested, somewhat interested, or not interested in this?

Q31

A loan to finance a business – would you be very interested, somewhat interested, or not interested in this?

Q32

Health or life insurance for you or your family – would you be very interested, somewhat interested, or not interested in this?

Q33

What is your approximate total monthly household income – not including the money you receive from your relative in another country?

Q34

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

Q35

Do you own a mobile phone?

GENDER

REGION

URBAN___RURAL

Urb_Rur_Weight

Weight by urban rural from wgt omnibus

Q33_Recode

Mon. HH income categories

Total: 53

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