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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Gender (gender)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 2

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 34

End: 34

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is ...... a male or a female?

Value	Category	Cases
1	Male	35438	47.6%
2	Female	39011	52.4%

Description

Definition

This question is asked for each household member to determine his or her gender. This question, and all consequent questions, are applicable only if there is a 'Yes' answer in the previous question, which determines whether a person is a household member or not.
The survey officers are instructed not to assume the gender of the members of the households by just looking at people's names or physical appearances.

Universe

Every person who has stayed in the household in the selected dwelling unit at least four nights per week in the four weeks prior the interview.

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