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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Jan 25, 2017
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Father person number (Q13dFPSN)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 99
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 50
End: 51
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which person is ……'s biological father?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 11600
15.6%
2 955
1.3%
3 399
0.5%
4 112
0.2%
5 51
0.1%
6 27
0%
7 16
0%
8 4
0%
9 15
0%
10 2
0%
11 2
0%
31 1
0%
88 Not applicable 59931
80.5%
99 Unspecified 1334
1.8%
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 is a follow-up Question Q1.3b to verify whether the father is part of the household or not. The answer to this question can be cross-checked with Q1.1 to find out about the status of the father.
Universe
Only for those who answered 'Yes' in Q1.3a and Q1.3b.
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