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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Marital status (q12aMARST)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 43

End: 43

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is ……'s present marital status?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Legally married	14363	19.3%
2	Living together like husband and wife	5473	7.4%
3	Divorced	1022	1.4%
4	Separated, but still legally married	444	0.6%
5	Widowed	3846	5.2%
6	Single, but have been living together with someone as husband/wife before	648	0.9%
7	Single and have never been married/never lived together as husband/wife before	48534	65.2%
9	Unspecified	119	0.2%

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

If the response is 'widowed', 'divorced' or 'separated, but still legally married', or 'single, but have been living together with someone as husband/wife before' and 'single and have never been married/never lived together as husband/wife before', the survey officer is instructed to go to Q1.3a.

Description

Definition

This question is about the marital status of the members of the household. Both civil and traditional marriages are considered in this question. Options 6 and 7 are similar in that they both refer to individuals who are single. However, the two distinguish between individuals who may have lived together with someone as husband/wife before.

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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