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Master Agriculture Files

There are nine Master Agricultural files that cover farming, gardening and fishing.

Master Farming Files

Master Farming files include household farming and individual farming and gardening files. 

1. Household Farming 

The Household Farming Master File contains information regarding the farming income of survey households. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates household farming data from 6 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

None

C91HH7C
C91HH7D

C93HH8A

C97HH

C00HH

C04HH

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2. Individual Gardening and Farming 

The Individual Gardening and Farming Master File contains information regarding the gardening and farming income and activity of survey individuals. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each individual.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates gardening and farming data from 12 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH5A
C89HH6A

C91HH6A
C91HH7A

C93HH7B
C93HH8B

C97HH7
C97HH8A

C00HH9
C00HH10

C04ADULT
C04CHILD

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Master Household Gardening File

The Household Gardening Master File contains information regarding the gardening income of survey households. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates household livestock data from 5 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

None

C91HH6B

C93HH7A

C97HH

C00HH

C04HH

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Master Crops Type File

The Crops Type Master File contains information regarding the farm income by type of crop. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household that raised crops.  A household can have from 1 to 4 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, or 1997 and from 1 to 4 types of crops. 

This file consolidates type of crop data from 4 survey files: 

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH6B

C91HH7B

C93HH8C

C97HH8B

None

None

Special Notes

  • After 1997, survey data was no longer collected by crop.
  • The 1989 variables E13 - E17 were reused with different questions after 1989.  Therefore, all 1989 variables were renamed from E13 - E19 to E13B - E19B.

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Master Livestock Files

Master Livestock files include 3 files: household level activities, individual level activities, and livestock type.  

1. Household Livestock File 

The Household Livestock Master File contains information regarding the livestock and poultry income of survey households. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates household livestock data from 6 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

None

C91HH8A
C91HH8C

C93HH9A

C97HH

C00HH

C04HH

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2. Individual Livestock File 

The Individual Livestock Master File contains information regarding livestock and poultry income and activity of survey individuals. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each individual.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates individual livestock data from 7 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH7A

C91HH8B

C93HH9B

C97HH9A

C00HH11A

C04ADULT
C04CHILD

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3. Livestock Type File 

The Livestock Type Master File contains information regarding the livestock income by type of livestock. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household with livestock.  A household can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004 and from 1 to 4 types of livestock. 

This file consolidates type of livestock data from 5 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH7B

C91HH8C

C93HH9C

C97HH9B

C00HH11B

C04HT3

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Master Fishing  Files

Master Fishing includes household level files and individual level files. 

1. Household Fishing File

The Household Fishing Master File contains information regarding the fishing income of survey households. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each household.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates household fishing data from 5 survey files:

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH8B

C91HH9B

C93HH10A

C97HH

C00HH

C04HH

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2. Individual Fishing File 

The Individual Fishing Master File contains information regarding fishing income and activity of survey individuals. As a longitudinal file, this file contains multiple years of data for each individual.  An individual can have from 1 to 6 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable which contains the survey year, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 or 2004. 

This file consolidates individual fishing data from 5 survey files:

89

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

C89HH8A

C91HH9A

C93HH10B

C97HH10

C00HH12

C04ADULT
C04CHILD

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