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 obtain a loan? (q15_3)

Data file: ERHS 1994b_r2p1s5a

Overview

Valid: 894

Invalid: 849

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 20

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	To buy farm or other implements	73	8.2%
2	To buy inputs such as seeds/fertiliser, ...	142	15.9%
3	To buy livestock	26	2.9%
4	To pay for hired labour	20	2.2%
5	To pay rent/taxes	6	0.7%
6	To start an off-farm business	28	3.1%
7	To buy food/goods	379	42.4%
8	To pay for travel	21	2.3%
9	To pay for building material	20	2.2%
10	To pay for health expenses	79	8.8%
11	To pay for education expenses	7	0.8%
12	for wedding	15	1.7%
13	for funeral	30	3.4%
15	To pay debts	6	0.7%
16	To buy hay/fodder	3	0.3%
17	For Feast ("Maheber")	18	2%
20	other	21	2.3%
Sysmiss		849

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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