Building State Capacity and National Unity with Market Design 2019
The Problem of Assignment in Kenya’s G-United Program

Kenya, 2019 - 2020

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KEN_2019_GU-VGA_v01_M

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Michael Kremer

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Data file: VGA Phone Survey Feb

Follow-up surveys for all applicants about where they were living, their employment, and
their beliefs on a range of questions dealing with national unity. The last two rounds (Aug and Nov 2020) also included questions related to impact of Covid-19 on employment, hygiene, financial situation etc.

Cases:	1790
Variables:	69

Variables

vga_uid

submissiondate

Date of Submission

starttime

Start time of survey

endtime

End time of survey

survey_platform

Survey Platform

surveyor_id

survey_consent

Did the respondent consent to the survey?

kenya_residence

Do you currently live in Kenya?

country_residence

Country of residence

county_residence

County of residence

const_residence

Constituency of residence

ward_residence

county_pref

What county in Kenya would you most prefer to live in?

county_likely_2020

Which county are you likely to be in March 2020?

donatecty

What county or counties do you want to donate to?

county_reptt_count

Donation amount

current_emp

Are you currently employed?

seeking_emp

Are you currently seeking employment?

numappsm

How many jobs have you applied to in the past month?

numapps3m

How many jobs have you applied to in the past 3 months?

interm

How many interviews have you had in the past month?

inter3m

How many interviews have you had in the past 3 months?

why_jobsearch_no_success

Why do you think your attempts to find work have been unsuccessful?

whyoth

Other reason(s) for unsuccessful job search

earnedincm

Have you earned any income in the past month?

incactm

What activities did you do to earn the income?

incactmoth

Please specify what other income earning activity you did to earn money

incactm_contract_amt

Income earned from contract/short-term work

incactm_trading_amt

Income earned from trading

incactm_job_amout

Income earned from internet jobs (Uber etc.)

incactm_amout

Income earned from other sources

earnedinc3m

Have you earned any income in the past three months?

incact3m

What activities did you do to earn the income?

incactmoth_3month

Please specify what other income earning activity you did to earn money

incactm_contract_amt_3mon

Income earned from contract/short-term work in past 3 months

incactm_trading_amt_3mon

Income earned from trading in past 3 months

incactm_job_amout_3mon

Income earned from internet jobs in past 3 months

incactm_amout_3mon

Income earned from other sources in past 3 months

current_emp_nature

nature of employment

current_emp_nature_other

Nature of employment: Other, specify

current_emp_sector

Sector of employment

current_emp_sector_other

Sector of employment: Other, specify

current_emp_ed

Are you currently working in the education sector?

current_emp_field_pref

Is this job in the industry that you would most prefer to work in?

current_emp_sat

Satisfaction with current employment

emp_sat_goals

"This job is helping me achieve my career goals"

current_emp_dur

Duration of current employment (months)

current_emp_hours_day

Hours worked in a day

current_emp_day_week

No. of days worked in a week

hours_worked_in_week

Calculate: Total hours worked in a week

current_emp_hours

Confirm hours worked in a week (Yes/No)

current_emp_wage

Monthly earnings (in KES) from current job

current_emp_wage_range

Range of monthly earnings (KES) from current job

sec_income_yn

Apart from current job, do you receive income from any other source?

sec_num_sources

No. of secondary income sources

sec_income_amtt

Total monthly income (KES) earned from secondary sources

sec_income_amt_range

Range of monthly income (KES) from secondary sources

prev_emp

Any job held in the last 12 months?

ethnic_work_together

"It is difficult for people from my ethnic group to find work where I live"

hire_other_people

"Some employers where I live prefer to hire people from certain ethnic groups"

discrim_ethnic

Has employer discriminated because of ethnic group?

discrim_politic

Has employer discriminated because of political views?

vol_yn

Have you volunteered in the last month?

vol_field

Field in which you volunteered

vol_field_other

Other volunteering activity

vol_time

Hours spent volunteering in the past month

survey_comment

instanceid

parent_key

Total: 69

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