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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Use of agricultural products and stock keeping (Q84Use)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 297

End: 297

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why do you grow farm produce or keep stock for the household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	As a main source of food for the household	316	1.5%
2	As the main source of income/earning a living	76	0.4%
3	As an extra source of income	218	1%
4	As an extra source of food for the household	3258	15.1%
5	As a leisure activity or hobby e.g. gardening	248	1.1%
8	Not applicable	17294	80.1%
9	Unspecified	191	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

The purpose of this question is to determine the reason for growing farm products and keeping stock.

Description

Universe

All households in the selected dwelling units that were involved in the production of any kind of produce over the past 12 months.

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