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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Violence, corporal punishment or verbal abuse (Q123aVIOL)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 102

End: 102

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Has …. experienced any form of violence, corporal punishment or verbal abuse at school over the past 3 months?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	2663	3.6%
2	No	17790	23.9%
3	Don't know	221	0.3%
8	Not applicable	53775	72.2%
9	Unspecified	0	0%

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 officers were instructed to be sensitive when posing this question, as well as the subsequent questions dealing with the details of abuse. If the response is 'No' or 'Do not know' the individual skips to Q1.24a.

Question post text

2 = No - Go to Q1.24a
3 = Do not know - Go to Q1.24a

Description

Definition

This question is aimed at establishing whether an individual has been the victim of any violence, corporal punishment or verbal abuse.

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 Grade R/0, primary, secondary or any other kind of school.

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