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Household Budget Survey 2017-2018

Tanzania, 2017 - 2018
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Reference ID
TZA_2017_HBS_v01_M
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Mar 04, 2022
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  • HBS 2017-18
    _Final_Individual_Data
  • HBS 2017-18
    _Final_Poverty+Individual_Data
  • HBS_2017-18
    Consumption
    Aggregate and
    Poverty
    Analysis
    Variables
  • S10A1
  • S10B1
  • S10C1
  • S10D1
  • S10E1
  • S10F1
  • S10G1
  • S11A1
  • S12B1
  • S12C1
  • S12D_11
  • S12D_21
  • S12D_31
  • S12E1
  • S12F1
  • S12G_11
  • S12G_21
  • S13A1
  • S13B1
  • S14A1
  • S14B1
  • S14C1
  • S15A1
  • S15B1
  • S15C1
  • S15D1
  • S16A1
  • S16B1
  • S17A1
  • S17B1
  • S17Bo1
  • S17C1
  • S17D1
  • S17E1
  • S18A1
  • S18B1
  • S19A1
  • S19B1
  • S19C1
  • S19D1
  • S19E1
  • S20A1
  • S20B1
  • S20C1
  • S20D1
  • S20E1
  • S20F1
  • S20G1
  • S21A1
  • S21B1
  • S21C1
  • S21D1
  • S22A1
  • S22B1
  • S23_1
  • S24A1
  • S24B1
  • S25A1
  • S25B1
  • S26FoodConsumed1

Age of the respondents (S1_4)

Data file: HBS 2017-18 _Final_Individual_Data

Overview

Valid: 45913
Invalid: 13
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 112
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 545
End: 547
Width: 3
Range: 0 - 112
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section 1: Respondents Characteristics
How old is [NAME]?
Categories
Value Category
Sysmiss
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.
Interviewer instructions
IF RESPONDENT DOESN'T KNOW, USE YEAR OF BIRTH TO CALCULATE AGE.

ENUMERATOR ENSURE THE AGE REPORTED COMPLIES WITH YEAR OF BIRTH IN Q1.3.

RECORD IN COMPLETED YEARS. IF LESS THAN 1 YEARS OLD, RECORD '0'

Description

Source of information
IN ORDER TO MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, USE THE FOLLOWING PROBE QUESTIONS:

FIRST, ASK NAMES OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE IMMEDIATE (NUCLEAR) FAMILY WHO NORMALLY LIVE AND EAT THEIR MEALS TOGETHER HERE.
WRITE DOWN NAMES, SEX, AND RELATIONSHIP TO HOUSEHOLD HEAD
FILL IN QUESTIONS 1.1 TO 1.7

THEN, ASK NAMES OF ANY OTHER PERSONS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS WHO NORMALLY LIVE AND EAT THEIR MEALS TOGETHER HERE.
FILL IN QUESTIONS 1.1 TO 1.7

ALSO ASK OTHER PERSONS NOT HERE NOW WHO NORMALLY LIVE AND EAT THEIR MEALS HERE? FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS STUDYING ELSEWHERE OR TRAVELING.
FILL IN QUESTIONS 1.1 TO 1.7.

THEN, ASK NAMES OF ANY OTHER PERSONS NOT RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, BUT WHO NORMALLY LIVE AND EAT THEIR MEALS TOGETHER HERE, SUCH AS LIVE-IN SERVANTS.
FILL IN QUESTIONS 1.1 TO 1.7

IF MORE THAN 12 INDIVIDUALS, USE SECOND QUESTIONNAIRE. MAKE SURE TO MARK BOX ON FIRST PAGE OF BOTH QUESTIONNAIRES.
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