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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014

Variable Details

VariableTKEOUTR4
LabelWhy did you or any of your household members take out the credit?
Responses
1 Agriculture (fattening, bee keeping, horticulture, poultry, 660
2 Consumption (cover food shortage, festivities, clothing) 273
3 Financial/business (e.g. lending to others) 60
4 Food processing (injera, oil, bread/cake, alcohol, brewery) 41
5 Handicraft/Blacksmithing (pottery, embroidery, basket making 1
6 Healthcare (for children) 30
7 Healthcare (for adult) 81
8 House construction and maintenance 30
9 Jewellery 1
10 Other (specify) 54
11 Paying Taxes 4
12 Purchase of donkey, camel and other transport animals 6
13 Purchase of household durables 23
14 Purchase of oxen 39
15 Schooling (for children) 25
16 Schooling (for adults) 22
17 Paying for services (carriage (gari), hair dressing, barberr 7
18 Settling other debts 16
19 Trade (cereals, coffee, livestock, salt, spices) 91
40 cash, purchase equipment, machine to establish new firm oth 10
41 Purchase of equipments and machine for already established f 11
77 NK 0
79 Refused to answer 0
88 N/A 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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