Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1
Malawi, 1999
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How do you currently obtain food (Q5A)
Data file: mlw_r1_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
1208
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Start:
18
End:
22
Width:
5
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
5A. What about you? Describe how you currently obtain the food you and your family eat each month? Is there anything else?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay for it (cash/kind) | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Work for it | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 3 | Doing piece work | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 4 | Vending | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Crocheting | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Dressmaking | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | Buy & sell chicken | 348 |
28.8%
|
| 8 | Own crops/livestock | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Grow maize | 224 |
18.5%
|
| 10 | Farming | 534 |
44.2%
|
| 11 | Rear chickens | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Grow vegetables in garden | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Local community/cooperative group | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Relatives provides | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | Husband provides | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 16 | Friends | 0 |
0%
|
| 17 | From my village | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 18 | Govt food programme | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 19 | Govt assistance | 0 |
0%
|
| 20 | Pensioner | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | Traditional leader | 0 |
0%
|
| 22 | Know someone who helps me get govt assistance | 0 |
0%
|
| 23 | Favour/Bribe govt official | 0 |
0%
|
| 24 | Pretend to be eligible for govt assistance | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 25 | Steal it | 0 |
0%
|
| 26 | Ask anyone I can | 0 |
0%
|
| 27 | Beg for it | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 28 | Beg from relatives & friends | 3 |
0.2%
|
| 29 | Sit at home | 0 |
0%
|
| 30 | Breadwinner does not work | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | Boyfriend provides | 0 |
0%
|
| 32 | Parents provide | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 33 | From hand to mouth | 0 |
0%
|
| 34 | African Evangelist Church | 0 |
0%
|
| 35 | Social workers | 0 |
0%
|
| 36 | It will never happen | 0 |
0%
|
| 37 | Get credit | 0 |
0%
|
| 38 | Buy on account | 0 |
0%
|
| 39 | Find food somewhere | 0 |
0%
|
| 40 | Trade/barter/exchange | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 41 | Gold panning | 0 |
0%
|
| 42 | Fishing | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 43 | Building | 0 |
0%
|
| 44 | Cross-border training | 0 |
0%
|
| 45 | Commercial sex | 0 |
0%
|
| 46 | Beer brewing | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 47 | Business (small-scale) | 9 |
0.7%
|
| 48 | Business (medium to large) | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 49 | Selling livestock | 0 |
0%
|
| 50 | Sell my belongings | 4 |
0.3%
|
| 51 | Provided by employer | 3 |
0.2%
|
| 52 | Casual work | 31 |
2.6%
|
| 53 | Hunting bush animals | 0 |
0%
|
| 54 | Borrow foodstuff | 0 |
0%
|
| 55 | Looking for employment | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 56 | Buying maize husks | 6 |
0.5%
|
| 57 | Complain to govt officials | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 58 | Govt will distribute free food | 0 |
0%
|
| 59 | Praying to God | 0 |
0%
|
| 60 | Nothing I can do | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 96 | No further response | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 1 |
0.1%
|
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.
Interviewer instructions
Prior to question 5, the enumerator read the following passage to the respondent: “People get their basic necessities of life such as food, safety, health care, or income in a variety of ways. For instance, some people have to: steal or beg for it, pretend they’re eligible for government assistance, or do a favour for, or bribe a government official. Other people get these things from: local traditional leaders, government relief programmes, local cooperative groups, or friends or family. Still other people provide for it themselves, or pay for it in cash or in kind. Finally some people are not able to get these things at all.” Respondent could give up to four answers.