General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Pesticides used in your garden/yard (Q538Pesg)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 192

End: 192

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months have you or any member of your household ….
- Used pesticides in your garden/yard?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	2175	10.1%
2	No	15217	70.4%
3		4114	19%
8	Not applicable	0	0%
9	Unspecified	95	0.4%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

The aim of this question is to establish whether household members have used pesticides in the dwelling, garden/yard or herbicides/weedkillers in the garden/yard in the past 12 months or not.

Description

Universe

All household members in the selected dwelling unit.

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