Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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Reference ID

MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Dec 20, 2012

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Regularity of remittances (MW2008A_0057)

Data file: MWI2008-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 187

End: 187

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

E4. How regular were these remittances (cash or goods)?

[] 1 Quite regular
[] 2 Somewhat regular
[] 3 From time to time
[] 4 Rarely

Categories

Value	Category
1	Quite regular
2	Somewhat regular
3	From time to time
4	Rarely
9	NIU (not in universe)

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

E4. Regularity of remittances
Enquire how often the emigrant(s) send cash or goods to the household and shade the appropriate code.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates how regular were remittances received by the household during the last 5 years (from 2003 to 2008) from any of the members who have emigrated.

Universe

Private households with emigrant member(s) and receiving remittances

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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