General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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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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Insufficient food for adult (Q76Hung)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 253

End: 253

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, did any adult (18 years and above) in this household go hungry because there wasn't enough food?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	17657	81.7%
2	Seldom	1292	6%
3	Sometimes	1761	8.2%
4	Often	462	2.1%
5	Always	159	0.7%
6	Not applicable (no adults in household)	103	0.5%
9	Unspecified	167	0.8%

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 seeks to determine whether any adult (18 years and above) in the household had gone hungry because there was not enough food in the house in the past 12 months.

Description

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All households in the selected dwelling units.

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