Table A.3.
Non-farm enterprise (NFE) variable construction notes.
| Ethiopia | Malawi | Tanzania | Uganda | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | 2010–11 | 2010–11 | 2010–11 | |
| Participation (indiv) | HH indicates operation of NFE; up to 5 HH members can be listed as workers | HH indicates operation of NFE; up to 4 HH members can be listed as workers | Indiv indicates whether he/she is involved in self employed activities | HH indicates operation of NFE; up to 5 HH members can be listed as workers |
| Time use aggregate (indiv) | Predicted for non-reporting households using NFE months in operation and median 7-day recall | For each HH member listed as NFE worker: months/last year; typical days/month worked; typical hours/day worked | Predicted for non-reporting households using NFE months in operation and median 7-day recall | Individuals report NFE employment in labor module (months/last year; typical weeks/month; hours/last week) |
| Cleaning (time) | Truncate unreasonably large values (e.g., >16 h per person per day) | |||
| Sector information | Industry code provided in NFE module | Industry code provided in NFE module | Industry code provided in labor module | Industry codes missing for 2/3 of NFEs. They are predicted using industry coding from labor module |
| Hired labor | Number employees working for NFE (past 12 months) | Number of male, female and child employees (and hours worked) in a typical month of operation | & Number employees working for NFE (past month) | Number employees working for NFE (past month) |
| Firm labor inputs | Can recover number of workers (own and hired), not hours worked | Can recover number of workers and hours worked | Can recover number of workers (own and hired), not hours worked | Can recover number of workers (own and hired), not hours worked |
| Annual returns | Net firm revenues (reported gross sales minus reported costs) | Reported net firm revenues | Net firm revenues (reported gross sales minus reported costs) | Net firm revenues (reported gross sales minus reported costs) |
| Cleaning (returns) | Reported revenue and cost variables are winsorized (p = 0.01). Net revenue variable is truncated at 0 | |||