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

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Distance learning classes (Q114DLRN)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 74

End: 74

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is it a correspondence/distance educational institution?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	504	0.7%
2	No	21999	29.5%
3	Don't know	159	0.2%
8	Not applicable	51223	68.8%
9	Unspecified	564	0.8%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Survey officers should skip to Q1.16 for respondents who answered 'Yes'.

Description

Definition

Correspondence/distance education is whereby tuition is outside formal lecture halls. Communication for concerned parties is usually through the use of media, such as emails, Internet, telephones, etc.

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are aged five years and older and who are currently attending an educational institution.

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