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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Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 63

End: 63

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does …… have difficulty in doing any of the following…?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No difficulty	12049	16.2%
2	Some difficulty	2596	3.5%
3	A lot of difficulty	2350	3.2%
4	Unable to do	4620	6.2%
5	Do not know	41	0.1%
8	Not applicable	52562	70.6%
9	Unspecified	231	0.3%

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 survey officer is instructed to indicate next to each option the extent to which the individual finds it difficult to execute any of these listed tasks. It is a question that is related to determining literacy and numeracy of the individual.

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are five years and older and whose level of education is lower than Grade 7.

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