General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Wall condition (Q54WallC)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 48

End: 48

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In what condition are the walls, roof and floor of the main dwelling? Is it very weak, weak, needing repairs, good or very good?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very weak	1057	4.9%
2	Weak	2215	10.3%
3	Needs minor repairs	4562	21.1%
4	Good	10317	47.8%
5	Very good	3254	15.1%
9	Unspecified	196	0.9%

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

This question is about the condition of the main material used for the walls and roof of the main dwelling. The instruction to the enumerator is to consider the condition of the main material used even in cases where more than one type is used.
The same applies to the roof of the main dwelling. Mark only one code for each category.

Description

Universe

All households in selected dwelling units.

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

1 = Very weak
2 = Weak
3 = Needs minor repairs
4 = Good
5 = Very good
9 = Unspecified

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