How does household rank its ability to cope with shocks (j5)
File: Household data - CWIQ 2003
Overview
Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-5
Valid cases: 48982 (4089899.1)
Invalid: 21 (2578.8)
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 5
Questions and instructions
Universe
All household included in the survey.
Literal question
If there is a crisis such as poor crops , loss of job, or ill health ,
some people quickly become destitute while others remain secure.
How would you rate your household's ability to survive such
crises?
Source of information
Head of household or Household member
Categories
ValueCategoryCasesWeighted
1 Very secure 2853 259466 6.3%
2 Somewhat secure 8062 667710 16.3%
3 Average 13793 1192892 29.2%
4 Somewhat insecure 14689 1181557 28.9%
5 Very insecure 9585 788275 19.3%
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.