The KIHBS Marital Status data-set specifically looks at the results of the survey and seeks to examine trends in the living structure of households including monogamous, polygamous ,divorces, widowed, separated and come-we-stay (living together) unions.
The Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey 2005/06 is designed to provide numerous indicators and the data needed to measure living standards and poverty in Kenya, with particular emphasis on updating the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and providing new estimates of the household accounts for the national accounting system.