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Future of African Remittances: National Surveys 2010

Kenya, 2010
Edward Al-Hussainy
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Data file: Kenya Final Round 2 Data

Data from phase 2 of the survey: a targeted survey of the remittance recipient population in Kenya

Cases: 401
Variables: 53

Variables

SERIAL_NUMBER
Serial Number
INTERVIEWER_ID
Interviewer ID
Q1
Can you please tell me your age?
Q2
Do you have any family members or relatives living in another country outside Kenya?
Q3
Have any of your family members or relatives living in another country outside Kenya ever sent you money?
Q4
How frequently does your family member or relative send you money?
Q5_1
In which country does that family member or relative live – the one that sends you money?
Q6
Do you receive the money directly or does another member of your family receive the money and you benefit from the money?
Q7
Do you send any of this money to someone else living in another part of Kenya?
Q8
Overall, how many people benefit from the money you receive from your family member or relative?
Q9_1
What is your relationship to the person who sends you money – is it your father or mother, your sister or brother, your husband or wife, your son or daughter, or another type of family member?
Q10
For how many years has this family member or relative been sending you money?
Q11_EXACT
How much money – on average – does your family member or relative send to you each time?
Q11
How much money – on average – does your family member or relative send to you each time?
Q11_EX_USD
Q11Exact in USD
Q11_EX_USD_Cat
Q11 Exact USD in Categories
Q11_FINAL
Q11 Final
Q12_1
How do you receive this money?
Q12_2
How do you receive this money?
Q13
If you use a bank or remittance company, what is the name of the bank or remittance company?
Q14
How satisfied are you with the services of ...?
Q15
Are you able to save any of the money that your family member or relative sends to you?
Q16
Do you deposit the money you save into a savings account at a banks or credit union or do you save it somewhere else?
Q17
Approximately what portion of the money you receive do you spend on daily expenses such as food, clothes, housing, utilities and medicine?
Q18_1
Other than daily expenses, what do you use this money for?
Q18_2
Other than daily expenses, what do you use this money for?
Q18_3
Other than daily expenses, what do you use this money for?
Q19
How long ago did your family member or relative leave Kenya?
Q20
How often do you communicate with this family member or relative – the one that sends you money?
Q21_1
Which of the following best describes the main reason your relative who sends you money left Kenya, was it….
Q21_2
Which of the following best describes the main reason your r
Q22
Did you make arrangements with this family member – that he or she would send you money – before he or she left Kenya?
Q23
Have any of your family members or relatives living in another part of Kenya ever sent you money?
Q24
Is this money that the person earns themselves in Kenya?
Q25
Overall, how do you see your family’s personal economic situation in Kenya – is your personal economic situation excellent, good, mediocre or bad?
Q26
Overall, how do you have a positive or negative opinion of the banks in Kenya?
Q27_1
Do you currently have any of the following…?
Q27_2
Do you currently have any of the following…?
Q27_3
Do you currently have any of the following…?
Q27_4
Do you currently have any of the following…?
Q28
A mortgage or loan to buy or build a home – would you be very interested, somewhat interested or not interested in this?
Q29
A loan to finance the university education for someone in your family – would you be very interested, somewhat interested or not interested in this?
Q30
The ability to open a savings account in a bank – would you be very interested, somewhat interested, or not interested in this?
Q31
A loan to finance a business – would you be very interested, somewhat interested, or not interested in this?
Q32
Health or life insurance for you or your family – would you be very interested, somewhat interested, or not interested in this?
Q33
What is your approximate total monthly household income – not including the money you receive from your relative in another country?
Q34
What is the highest level of education that you have completed?
Q35
Do you own a mobile phone?
GENDER
Gender
REGION
Region
URBAN___RURAL
Urban / Rural
Urb_Rur_Weight
Weight by urban rural from wgt omnibus
Q33_Recode
Mon. HH income categories
Total: 53