The files are available for downloading as a
Zip
archive of the 1989 base data files (580KB).
The original questionnaire consisted of a tailor made questionnaire
per Peasant Association. The raw data files are organised as such, that
is, per survey side. These files can be found in 1989
survey raw data files. To save a long process of data restructuring,
you can also download a more user friendly reorganised version of the data.
This reorganised data is described on this page. It also contains some
derived variables and is organised in 11 themes:
1. Household income files form all sources
2. Area planted, harvested and values of production by year
3. Household members, age sex, birth, death etc.
4. Number of adults, females, males, etc. at household level
5. Livestock current holdings and recall
6. Livestock mortality and types of food consumed during the worst
year
7. Values of farm and non-farm assets sold by year
8. Present values of farm and non-farm assets
9. Assets
10. Harvest use
11. Farm history
Within each theme, you can choose for the pooled files across all sites
or for the data per Peasant Association. Only for the last three themes
(assets, harvest use and farm history) there are no site-specific files
available. For the themes 4,5, 8 and 9 on the other hand, a pooled file
is not available for the moment. The table underneath lists the files.
The files are in SPSS/PC+ format (extension .sys) and contain a data
dictionary. If you have SPSS, it is easy to know the content of the files.
To find out which variables each file contains, 1) start SPSS, 2) choose
'file' from the main menu, 3) from the drop down menu, choose 'Display
Data info', 4) in the interactive window choose the filename and file type,
and choose 'Open'. A list of the variables and the questions they refer
to appears in the output window.
To transfer the data into another format, first open the .sys file in
SPSS and save it as a .sav file. To translate the files into a different
format is very straightforward using a transfer programme like Stat/Transfer
or DBMS-copy.
If you have access to a transfer programme like Stat/transfer, it is
very straightforward to get the data into another format (like SAS, Stata,
…)
More detailed information on the files and their content can be found
in the PDF file of the 1989 Survey Data
Documentation. The exact phrasing of the questions can be found using
the 1989 Questionnaire.
Files contained in the Zip archive:
1. Food consumption and expenditure files
| Survey site |
File name |
| Debre Berhan |
debxcly.sys |
| Dinki |
dinxcly.sys |
| Arssi |
arsxcly.sys |
| Harerghe |
harclxpy.sys |
| Wolayta |
wolxcly.sys |
| Gamogofa |
gamxcly.sys |
| Sidamo |
sidxcly.sys |
| Pooled file across sites |
ethxly.sys |
2. Household income files from all sources
| Survey site |
File name |
| Debre Berhan |
debinc5.sys |
| Dinki |
dininc5.sys |
| Arssi |
arsinc5.sys |
| Harerghe |
haryrev4.sys |
| Wolayta |
wolinc5.sys |
| Gamogofa |
gaminc6.sys |
| Sidamo |
sidinc5.sys |
| Pooled file across sites |
ethyrev.sys |
3. Area planted, harvested and values of production
by year
| Survey site |
File name |
| Debre Berhan |
debprodv.sys |
| Dinki |
dinprodv.sys |
| Arssi |
arsprodv.sys |
| Harerghe |
harprodv.sys |
| Wolayta |
wolprodv.sys |
| Gamogofa |
gamprodv.sys |
| Sidamo |
sidprodv.sys |
| Pooled file across sites |
ethprodv.sys |
4. Household members age, sex, birth, death, etc.
| Survey site |
File name |
| Debre Berhan |
debdemo4.sys |
| Dinki |
dindemo4.sys |
| Arssi |
no file |
| Harerghe |
hardemo4.sys |
| Wolayta |
woldemo4.sys |
| Gamogofa |
no file |
| Sidamo |
siddemo4.sys |
| Pooled file across sites |
ethdemo.sys - not available yet |
5. Number of adults, females, males, etc. at household
level
| Survey site |
File name |
| Debre Berhan |
debfmly.sys |
| Dinki |
dinfmly.sys |
| Arssi |
no file |
| Harerghe |
harfmly.sys |
| Wolayta |
wolfmly.sys |
| Gamogofa |
no file |
| Sidamo |
sidfmly.sys |
| Pooled file across sites |
ethfamly.sys - not available yet |
6. Livestock current holdings and recall
| Survey site |
File name |
| Debre Berhan |
deblvs5.sys |
| Dinki |
dinlvs5.sys |
| Arssi |
arslvs5.sys |
| Harerghe |
harlvs5.sys |
| Wolayta |
wollvs5.sys |
| Gamogofa |
gamlvs5.sys |
| Sidamo |
sidlvs5.sys |
| Pooled files across sites |
ethlvs2.sys |
| Pooled files across sites |
tlsu80.sys |
7. Livestock mortality and types of food consumed
during the worst year
| Survey site |
File name |
| Pooled files across sites |
wyrlvs.sys |
| Pooled files across sites |
crisfud.sys |
8. Values of farm and non-farm assets sold by year
| Survey site |
File name |
| Debre Berhan |
solddeb.sys |
| Dinki |
solddin.sys |
| Arssi |
soldars.sys |
| Harerghe |
soldhar.sys |
| Wolayta |
soldwol.sys |
| Gamogofa |
soldgam.sys |
| Sidamo |
soldsid.sys - not available yet |
9. Present values of farm and non-farm assets
| Survey site |
File name |
| Debre Berhan |
assetdeb.sys |
| Dinki |
assetdin.sys |
| Arssi |
assetars.sys |
| Harerghe |
assethar.sys |
| Wolayta |
assetwol.sys |
| Gamogofa |
assetgam.sys |
| Sidamo |
assetsid.sys - not available yet |
10. Assets
| Survey site |
File name |
| Pooled file across sites |
ethasets.sys |
11. Harvest use
| Survey Site |
File name |
| Pooled file across sites |
harvuse.sys |
12. Farm history
| Survey Site |
File name |
| Pooled file across sites |
pre74.sys |
