electricsheepafrica/africa-rwanda-eicv7-household-ded0eb3c

EICV7: Household | Africa (Rwanda Data Sharing Platform - NISR)

15,054 rows - 1 Africa country/area - 2023-10-16-2024-10-15 - source table - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa

TL;DR

This dataset contains 15,054 rows from Rwanda Data Sharing Platform - NISR, covering EICV7: Household. It is published as ML-ready Parquet with consistent Hugging Face metadata, source provenance, and analysis-friendly loading examples.

What This Dataset Measures

Demographic datasets help analysts understand population structure, household conditions, migration, gender, age, and settlement patterns.

Source-provided context: Summary: This microdata table contains information on household characteristics collected in the seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey, known as EICV7 (Enquête Intégrale sur les Conditions de Vie des ménages). A main cross-sectional sample survey, a panel survey and a VUP (Vision Umurenge Programme) sample survey were conducted simultaneously; this microdata table relates to the cross-sectional sample survey. Geographic Coverage: National coverage (Rwanda), including rural and urban households and allowing province- and district-level estimation of key indicators. Time Period: The EICV7 data collection covered a 12 month period (October 2023 to October 2024). In order to represent the seasonality in the income and consumption data, the fieldwork was divided into nine nationally representative cycles. Frequency: The EICV is conducted every three years; prior to EICV4, the survey was conducted every five years, with the first survey (EICV1) conducted in 2000/01.

How To Read This Dataset

• One row means: one source record from the original tabular resource, with Electric Sheep Africa provenance columns added where available.
• Primary geography column: country_iso3.
• Best time column: not detected.
• Time coverage basis: source metadata period.
• Recommended join keys: country_iso3 where available plus source-specific keys.

Coverage

Dimension	Value
Rows	15,054
Countries/areas	1
First period	2023-10-16
Last period	2024-10-15
Indicators	0
Columns	124
Source format	CSV

Geographic Coverage

Top areas shown below, sorted by row count when available:

Area	Rows	First year	Last year	Name
RWA	15,054	2023-10-16	2024-10-15	Rwanda

Indicators, Variables, Or Resource Contents

• This repo preserves one source tabular resource with its usable columns kept together.

Schema

Column	Type	Description	Example
source_record_id	string	Stable row identifier assigned during Electric Sheep Africa engineering.	40ea7a58-fde4-4045-b088-a7c85b4fd948:0
country_iso3	string	ISO3 country or area code.	RWA
country_name	string	Country or area name.	Rwanda
id	int64	Row ID	1
hhid	double	Household Identification	300001.0
clust	double	Cluster	10001.0
province	string	Numeric code (1–5) representing the administrative province of Rwanda where the survey respondent is located. 1 = Kigali City, 2 = Southern Province, 3 = Western Province, 4 = Northern Province, 5 = Eastern Province.	City of Kigali
district	string	Numeric code (11–57) representing the respondent's district in Rwanda. The first digit corresponds to the province (1-5), and the second digit identifies the district within that province. 11 = Nyarugenge, 12 = Gasabo, 13 = Kicukiro, 21 = Nyanza, 22 = Gisagara, 23 = Nyaruguru, 24 = Huye, 25 = Nyamagabe, 26 = Ruhango, 27 = Muhanga, 28 = Kamonyi, 31 = Karongi, 32 = Rutsiro, 33 = Rubavu, 34 = Nyabihu, 35 = Ngororero, 36 = Rusizi, 37 = Nyamasheke, 41 = Rulindo, 42 = Gakenke, 43 = Musanze, 44 = Burera, 45 = Gicumbi, 51 = Rwamagana, 52 = Nyagatare, 53 = Gatsibo, 54 = Kayonza, 55 = Kirehe, 56 = Ngoma, 57 = Bugesera.	Nyarugenge
ur	string	Residence area	Urban
s5aq1	string	Type of habitat	Umudugudu (Planned rural settlement)
s5aq2	string	Type of dwelling	House occupied by multiple Households
s5aq3	int64	Number of rooms does your household have for sleeping	2
s5aq4y	int64	Duration household inhabited dwelling (years)	0
s5aq4m	int64	Duration household inhabited dwelling (months)	2
s5aq5	bool	Household lived in other dwellings before occupying your current house	True
s5aq6	string	Main reason for moving to current dwelling	Get a better house
s5aq7	string	Owner of the dwelling	Non relative
s5aq8	string	Current occupancy status	Tenancy (renting)
s5bq1	double	The current value of your dwelling if you were to sell it	``
s5bq2a	double	Estimated rent for dwelling	``
s5bq2b	string	Time period	``
s5bq3a	double	Actual amount of rent paid in cash	150000.0
s5bq3b	string	Time period	Month
s5bq4	string	Household provide service/payments in kind	False
s5bq5a	double	Amount of services/payment in kind	``
s5bq5b	string	Time period	``
s5bq6	string	Do you own a residential house in this village or elsewhere	False
s5bq7	double	In which year did you acquire that house	``
s5bq8	double	What was the value of that house when you acquired it	``
s5bq9	string	How did you acquire that house	``
s5cq1	string	Main source of water used for your household	Piped into compound, yard/pot
s5cq2a	double	Distance in meters between your dwelling and this source	``
s5cq2b	double	Time in minutes it take to go there, to get water and come back	``
s5cq3	string	Main source of drinking water for members of your household	Bottled water
s5cq4b	double	Time in minutes it take to go there, to get water and come back	``
s5cq5	string	Is this source the nearest to your dwelling	``
s5cq6a	string	Unused nearest drinking water source to your dwelling	``
s5cq6b	double	Distance in meters between your dwelling and unused nearest drinking water source	``
s5cq7	string	Main reason preventing your HH to use the nearest drinking water source	``
s5cq8	string	In the last 4 weeks has there been anytime when your HH deed not have sufficient water	Yes, at least once
s5cq9a	double	Amount of last water bill from WASAC or other distributors (month)	1.0
s5cq9b	double	Amount of last water bill from WASAC or other distributors - Amount	2010.0
s5cq10	bool	Did you buy water from a private vendor/neighbour during the last 7 days	False
s5cq11	double	Amount paid to private water vendor last 7 days	``
s5cq12	int64	Amount contribute to maintain the water source during the last month	0
s5cq13	string	Household manage the rainwater	No measures
s5cq14	string	Is this HH connected to the grid (electricity from the grid)	Yes on grid
s5cq15	string	Main reason your household is not connected to the electricity grid	``
s5cq16	string	Main source energy for home lighting	Electricity from National Grid (EUCL)
s5cq17	string	Main source of electricity that you mostly used in your household	National Grid
s5cq18	string	Main reason preventing your household to use electricity for lighting	``
s5cq19	string	Appliances get damaged/electrical system (voltage surges)	False
s5cq20	double	Amount your household pay for electricity the last 4 weeks	3000.0
s5cq20a	bool	Does your household have an internet connection	True
s5cq20b	string	What is the main kind of internet connection used by household members	Mobile phone
s5cq20c	string	What is the main barrier/reason for not accessing internet at home	``
s5cq21	string	Type of your primary cook stove	Charcoal/fire stove
s5cq22a	string	Three main sources of cooking fuel you used on this cook stove - Most used (Primary)	Charcoal.
s5cq22b	string	Three main sources of cooking fuel you used on this cook stove - Second most used	No second fuel
s5cq22c	string	Three main sources of cooking fuel you used on this cook stove - Third most used	``
s5cq23	string	Where did you normally cook with the cook stove	In a separate dwelling
s5cq24	string	How does your household dispose of its rubbish/garbage	Rubbish collection Service
s5cq25	string	What type of toilet does your household use	Ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine
s5cq26	string	Is the toilet facility shared with another household	False
s5cq27	double	Number of households in total use this toilet facility, including your own house	``
s5cq28	string	Has your (pit latrine or septic tank) ever been emptied	Don?t know
s5cq29	string	Who removed the content of toilet last time it was empted	``
s5cq30	string	Where were the contents emptied to	``
s5cq31	bool	Faced any problems that resulted from environmental destruction in the previous 12 months	False
s5cq32	string	Main disaster you have experienced with your dwelling	``
s5cq33	bool	Have you received any environmental information in the last 12 months	True
s5cq34	string	Main source of information on environmental issues	Radio/TV
s5dq1	string	Main construction material of exterior wall	Tree trunks with mud and cement
s5dq2	string	Main roofing material for dwelling	Metal sheets/corrugated iron
s5dq3	string	Main floor material for dwelling	Clay tiles
s5dq4	double	Area of the floor for dwelling-outside	48.0
s5eq1	bool	Unsual negative situation affected household	False
s5eq2a	string	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (1st severe shock)	``
s5eq2b	string	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (2nd severe shock)	``
s5eq2c	string	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (3rd severe shock)	``
s5eq2aa_m	double	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (1st severe shock) - When did this situation happen to your household (Month)	``
s5eq2ab_m	double	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (2nd severe shock) - When did this situation happen to your household (Month)	``
s5eq2ac_m	double	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (3rd severe shock) - When did this situation happen to your household (Month)	``
s5eq2aa_y	double	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (1st severe shock) - When did this situation happen to your household (Year)	``
s5eq2ab_y	double	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (2nd severe shock) - When did this situation happen to your household (Year)	``
s5eq2ac_y	double	Main problems affecting your household during the last 12 months (3rd severe shock) - When did this situation happen to your household (Year)	``
s5eq3a	string	What did the household do to compensate for the consequences of the shock in the last 12 months (1st severe shock)	``
s5eq3b	string	What did the household do to compensate for the consequences of the shock in the last 12 months (2nd severe shock)	``
s5eq3c	string	What did the household do to compensate for the consequences of the shock in the last 12 months (3rd severe shock)	``
s5eq4a	string	Number of months did it take your HH to recover from the recent shock and get back to normal life, as if before the shock (1st severe shock)	``
s5eq4b	string	Number of months did it take your HH to recover from the recent shock and get back to normal life, as if before the shock (2nd severe shock)	``
s5eq4c	string	Number of months did it take your HH to recover from the recent shock and get back to normal life, as if before the shock (3rd severe shock)	``
s7aq4	string	Did any member of your household own and/or raise any livestock, herds, other farm animals, or poultry in the last 12 months	``
s7aq4a	double	How many of the following livestock or poultry does the household own - Cattle	``
s7aq4b	double	How many of the following livestock or poultry does the household own - Goats	``
s7aq4c	double	How many of the following livestock or poultry does the household own - Sheep	``
s7aq4d	double	How many of the following livestock or poultry does the household own - Pigs	``
s7aq4e	double	How many of the following livestock or poultry does the household own - Poultry	``
s7aq4f	double	How many of the following livestock or poultry does the household own - Other (Specify)	``
s7a2q1	bool	Have you ever received a cow from the Government's one cow per poor family policy	``
s7a2q2	double	In what year did you receive this animal	``
s7a2q3	string	Do you still keep this animal	``
s7a2q4	bool	Household ever receiced animal from NGO or other social protection scheme	``
s7a2q5a	double	Kind of animal 1st	``
s7a2q6a	string	Has the number of animals changed (Cow poor family)	``
s7a2q6b	string	Has the number of animals changed (1st animal from NGO)	``
s7a2q6c	string	Has the number of animals changed (2nd animal from NGO)	``
s7a2q7	string	Household uses a maintained pasture	``
quintile	string	Quintiles of real consumption per ae	``
s5cq4a	double	Distance in meters between your dwelling	``
strata_id	int64	Strata ID	``
weight	double	Household Weight	``
pop_wt	double	Population Weight	``
epov_jan	string	Extreme Poverty	``
pov_jan	string	Poverty Rate	``
poverty	string	Welfare Categories	``
source_provider	string	Publishing organization.	``
source_dataset	string	Source dataset or package title.	``
source_resource	string	Source resource title, table name, or file name.	``
source_package_id	string	Source package identifier.	``
source_resource_id	string	Source resource identifier.	``
source_url	string	Original source URL or download URL.	``
license_id	string	Source license identifier.	``
retrieved_at	string	UTC source retrieval timestamp from the Electric Sheep Africa pipeline.	``

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-rwanda-eicv7-household-ded0eb3c")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())

Inspect Columns

print(df.info())
print(df.head())

Filter By Geography

if "country_iso3" in df.columns:
    sample = df[df["country_iso3"] == "RWA"]

Time-Series Pattern

if "value" in df.columns and "year" in df.columns:
    trend = df.sort_values("year")

Pivot For Analysis

if {"indicator_id", "year", "value"}.issubset(df.columns):
    matrix = df.pivot_table(index="year", columns="indicator_id", values="value")
    print(matrix.tail())

Data Quality Notes

• No canonical year/date column was detected in the packaged table; use source metadata and domain context for temporal interpretation.
• Missing values are preserved rather than silently imputed.
• Column names are standardized for machine use; source meanings are preserved where known.
• Always confirm source methodology, units, and collection definitions before policy, production, or redistribution-sensitive use.

Source And Provenance

• Source: Rwanda Data Sharing Platform - NISR
• Publisher: NISR
• Portal: https://data.gov.rw/
• Resource: eicv7_s01_s5_s7_household
• License: CC BY 4.0
• Retrieved/generated: 2026-07-18T12:51:08Z
• Hugging Face repo: electricsheepafrica/africa-rwanda-eicv7-household-ded0eb3c

Transformations Applied

• Converted the source table to Parquet for efficient analytics and ML workflows.
• Added or preserved source provenance columns where available.
• Standardized README metadata, dataset loading configuration, schema documentation, and citation format.
• Preserved source-reported values without analytical imputation.

Suggested Analyses

• Build demographic profiles
• Normalize indicators per capita
• Join with service-delivery datasets
• Check missingness before modeling
• Use country_iso3 as the safest geography join key when present

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_rwanda_eicv7_household_ded0eb3c_2024,
  title        = {EICV7: Household | Africa (Rwanda Data Sharing Platform - NISR)},
  author       = {NISR},
  year         = {2024},
  url          = {https://api.data.gov.rw/api/v1/datasets/public/40ea7a58-fde4-4045-b088-a7c85b4fd948},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-rwanda-eicv7-household-ded0eb3c}}
}

License

Released under CC BY 4.0.

Original data is published by NISR. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes the data for discovery, loading, and analysis on Hugging Face. Cite both the original source and this ML-ready dataset when used.

About Electric Sheep Africa

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Provenance: README standardized 2026-08-12 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Source URL: https://api.data.gov.rw/api/v1/datasets/public/40ea7a58-fde4-4045-b088-a7c85b4fd948