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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Jan 25, 2017
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Monthly rent or mortgage (Q57Rent)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 70
End: 70
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How much rent or mortgage do you pay per month?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Less than R500 2045
9.5%
2 R501–R1 000 1041
4.8%
3 R1 001–R3 000 893
4.1%
4 R3 001–R5 000 806
3.7%
5 R5 001–R7 000 481
2.2%
6 More than R7 000 377
1.7%
7 Do not know 88
0.4%
8 Not applicable 15572
72.1%
9 Unspecified 298
1.4%
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 ascertain the amount of rent or mortgage payable per month. The respondent was given categories to choose from.

Description

Universe
Households in the selected dwellings who are renting or still paying a mortgage.
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