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Ethiopian Rural Household Survey 1989-2009

Ethiopia, 1989 - 2009
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eth-csae-erhs-1989-2009-v1
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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Centre for the study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University (AAU)
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Why did you want to obtain a loan? (q6p1s4b)

Data file: ERHS 2009_R7p1_s4b1

Overview

Valid: 1504
Invalid: 17
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 3
Range: -99 - 27
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
-99 DK 0
0%
-88 Missing 0
0%
-77 NA 0
0%
1 TO BUY FARM OR OTHER TOOLS/IMPLEMENTS 51
3.4%
2 TO BUY INPUTS E.G SEEDS/FERTILISER/PESTICIDES 339
22.5%
3 TO BUY LIVESTOCK 114
7.6%
4 TO PAY FOR HIRED LABOUR 25
1.7%
5 TO PAY RENT/TAXES 22
1.5%
6 TO START AN OFF-FARM BUSINESS (LIKE WEAVING) 38
2.5%
7 TO BUY FOOD/GOODS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD 497
33%
8 TO PAY FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES 22
1.5%
9 TO PAY FOR BUILDING MATERIALS 58
3.9%
10 TO PAY FOR HEALTH EXPENSES 120
8%
11 TO PAY FOR EDUCATION EXPENSES 28
1.9%
12 FOR WEDDING 12
0.8%
13 FOR FUNERAL 26
1.7%
15 REPAY OTHER DEBTS 18
1.2%
20 OTHER 28
1.9%
21 For holiday expense 23
1.5%
22 For electric power 55
3.7%
23 To buy cloth 5
0.3%
24 To start business activities 19
1.3%
25 To pay equb 1
0.1%
26 To buy livestock feed 2
0.1%
27 To pay penality 1
0.1%
Sysmiss 17
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.
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