Label Variables (Tidy Data)
Download the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) household data set. The data includes the following variables (among others):
- Identifiers & structure
country– country codewave– survey wave (e.g., 1, 2)hhid– household IDeaid– enumeration area ID (cluster)season– season of interview (e.g., lean, harvest)
- Location
urban– urban (=1) or rural (=0)admin_1,admin_2,admin_3– administrative unitslat_modified,lon_modified– household GPS coordinatesgeocoords_id– identifier for GPS cluster
- Household characteristics
hh_size– household size (number of members)hh_shock– indicator that hh experienced a shockhh_primary_education– indicator: head has at least primary schoolinghh_electricity_access– indicator: hh has electricityhh_dependency_ratio– dependents / working-age membershh_formal_education– years of formal education of the headnonfarm_enterprise– indicator: household runs a nonfarm enterprisenb_fallow_plots– number of fallow plotsnb_plots– number of cultivated plotsshare_kg_sold– share of agricultural production sold
- Welfare
totcons_LCU– total consumption (local currency)totcons_USD– total consumption (USD)cons_quint– consumption quintile (1 = poorest, 5 = richest)hh_asset_index– asset indexhdds– household dietary diversity score
Apply the following labels to the corresponding variable
- Country ->
country - Wave number ->
wave - Agricultural season ->
season - Administrative level 1 ->
admin_1 - Administrative level 2 ->
admin_2 - Administrative level 3 ->
admin_3 - Household size ->
hh_size - Was the household negatively impacted by a shock over the past 12 months? ->
hh_shock - Did anyone in the household complete primary school? ->
hh_primary_education - Does the household have access to electricity? ->
hh_electricity_access - Household dependency ratio ->
hh_dependency_ratio - Does anyone in the household posses any formal education? ->
hh_formal_education - Does anyone in household own a non-farm enterprise? ->
nonfarm_enterprise - Number of fallow plots under household management ->
nb_fallow_plots - Number of cultivated plots under household management ->
nb_plots - Share of harvest output (in kg) sold ->
share_kg_sold - Consumption aggregate per capita, in LCU ->
totcons_LCU - Consumption aggregate per capita, in USD ->
totcons_USD - Household consumption quintile ->
cons_quint - Household asset index ->
hh_asset_index - Household dietary diversity index ->
hdds