General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

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Jan 25, 2017

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Living standard measure (LSM_Cat)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 443

End: 444

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Cases
1	181	0.8%
2	701	3.2%
3	1639	7.6%
4	3377	15.6%
5	5088	23.6%
6	5340	24.7%
7	1863	8.6%
8	1188	5.5%
9	1266	5.9%
10	958	4.4%

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.

Description

Definition

This derived variable measures access of goods and services by households.

Universe

All households in the selected dwelling units.

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

Valid range 1-10 (“1” represents those who are very poor and “10” represents those who are very rich based on goods and services they access).

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