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

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Jan 25, 2017

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Population group (race)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 40

End: 40

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What population group does ....... belong to?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	African/Black	61241	82.3%
2	Coloured	6960	9.3%
3	Indian/Asian	1591	2.1%
4	White	4657	6.3%

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 respondent must answer for each member without any assumptions.
In this instance survey officers are also instructed not to make any conclusions which may be influenced by their observation or using people's names during the interview. This question may be very sensitive to some respondents, especially in this post-apartheid era, but it is really important to find out what the composition of the South African population is.

Description

Definition

This question is asked to determine the population group of household members from the selected dwelling.

Universe

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

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