Integrated Household Survey 2003-2004

Sierra Leone, 2003 - 2004

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SLE_2003_IHS_v01_M

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Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL)

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Reasons for poverty 1 (s7fq39a)

Data file: Section7_Housing

Overview

Valid: 3688

Invalid: 32

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 116

End: 117

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 24

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What do you think has led your household to be in poverty?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	LAck Ag Inputs	455	12.3%
2	Ag inputs not available	121	3.3%
3	Ag inputs misappropriated	110	3%
4	Low Ag production	237	6.4%
5	Drought	38	1%
6	Lack of Adequate Land	18	0.5%
7	Prices for Ag products too low	84	2.3%
8	Lack of buyers for Ag prod	17	0.5%
9	Lack of cattle	16	0.4%
10	Lack of Ag capital	200	5.4%
11	Lack of credit facilities	77	2.1%
12	Lack of capital for own business	263	7.1%
13	Lack of credit facilities for own business	123	3.3%
14	Lack of employment ops	176	4.8%
15	Salary is too low	188	5.1%
16	Prices too high	110	3%
17	Hard economic times	261	7.1%
18	Business not doing well	26	0.7%
19	Low profit from business	27	0.7%
20	Too much competition	3	0.1%
21	Loss of property due to war	947	25.7%
22	Loss of employment due to war	59	1.6%
23	Loss of limbs due to war	12	0.3%
24	Other	120	3.3%
Sysmiss		32

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

[ASK FOR 3 MAIN REASONS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE]
Note: Interviewer do not read these lists to the respondent. Simply ask respondent, and based on his/her response, select what is appropriate from the boxes below.

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