Summary information

Study title

Integrated Rural Survey of Kenya, 1982

Creator

Collier, P., University of Oxford, Department of Economics, Centre for the Study of African Economies

Study number / PID

3447 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3447-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The main aims of this study were to assess the structure of rural household income in Kenya in 1982; to discover changes since 1975 in agriculture and assets with special attention to the impact of the coffee boom; to assess access to government services and health, education, water, wood and sewage.
Main Topics:

Household composition; migration; employment and other work; asset changes since 1975; health status and treatment; education; farm production.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/10/1982 - 01/12/1982

Country

Kenya

Time dimension

Follow-up to cross-sectional study

Analysis unit

Families/households
National
Households
Rural residents

Universe

Rural households in Kenya

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample
This survey followed up all respondents in an earlier survey in two provinces who could be located. The earlier survey, IRS3 carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Kenya, in 1977/8 is not held at the Data Archive.

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1996

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Bevan, D., Collier, P. and Gunning, J. (1989) Peasants and governments:: an economic analysis, Oxford: Clarendon Press.ISBN 019828621X | 9780198286219