General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Run out of money to buy food (Q79MF)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 2

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 256

End: 256

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Did your household run out of money to buy food during the past 12 months?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	5142	23.8%
2	No	16459	76.2%

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 applicable to all households and seeks to establish whether any adults in the household had gone hungry because there was not enough food in the past 12 months.

Question post text

If “No” Go to Q7.10

Description

Universe

All households in selected dwelling units.

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