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Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey 2005-2006

Kenya, 2005 - 2006
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
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  • Section U
    Credit
  • Section R
    Transfers
  • Section S Other
    Income
  • Section T
    Recent Shocks
  • consumption
    aggregated data
  • Section A
    Identification
  • Section H2
    Energy
  • Section G
    Housing
  • Section H1
    Water
    Sanitation
  • Section C
    education
  • Section D
    Health
  • Section B
    Household
    member
    Information
  • section D
    Deaths
  • Section D
    Fertility
  • Section E
    Labour
  • Section Q
    Household
    Enterprises
  • Section F Child
    health
  • Section N
    Agriculture
    Holding
  • Section O
    Agriculture
    Output
  • Section P1
    Livestock
  • Section P2
    Livestock
CSV JSON

(u06)

Data file: Section U Credit

Overview

Valid: 4827
Invalid: 9322
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 99
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
'What was main reason for obtaining loan? Was it: [READ]
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Subsistence needs 1698
35.2%
2 Medical cost 715
14.8%
3 School fees 804
16.7%
4 Ceremony/Wedding 128
2.7%
5 Purchase land 101
2.1%
6 Purchase agricultural inputs 280
5.8%
7 Other business inputs 542
11.2%
8 Purchase agricultural Machinery 11
0.2%
9 Purchase/Constructioion of dwelling 208
4.3%
10 Other (Specify) 335
6.9%
99 Not Stated 5
0.1%
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.
var_qstn_ivuinstr
Reason for not asking loan is a difficult question; so do probe to get an accurate response. Do not lead respondent. Let respondent tell interviewer main use of loan even if loan had several uses. Establish the purpose for which the loan was borrowed. Thus if a member borrowed for purposes of buying land, record 4 in the row corresponding to his ID Code.
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