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Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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Household received remittances (MW2008A_0056)

Data file: MWI2008-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 186
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E3. Did the household receive remittances (cash or goods) during the last 5 years (from 2003 to 2008) from any of the members who have emigrated?

[] 0 No (go to section M)
[] 1 Yes, remittances - money
[] 2 Yes, remittances - goods
[] 3 Don't know (go to section M)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, remittances - money
2 Yes, remittances - goods
8 Unknown
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
E3. Remittances
Ask if the household received any remittances (anything in terms of goods or cash) in the last five years (from 2003 to 2008) from the emigrant.

If the response is 0 or 3, skip to Section M.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household has received remittances during the last 5 years (from 2003 to 2008) from any of the members who have emigrated.
Universe
Private households with emigrant member(s)

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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