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 children (Q77hung5)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 254

End: 254

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, did any child (17 years or younger) in this household go hungry because there wasn't enough food?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	9965	46.1%
2	Seldom	801	3.7%
3	Sometimes	988	4.6%
4	Often	308	1.4%
5	Always	91	0.4%
6	Not applicable (no children in household)	9265	42.9%
9	Unspecified	183	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 children (17 years or younger) in the household had gone hungry because there was not enough food in the house in the past 12 months.

Description

Universe

All households in the selected dwelling units.

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