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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Jan 25, 2017

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Asthma (Q26aASM)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 139

End: 139

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Has a doctor/nurse/other healthcare worker at a clinic/hospital/private practice ever told ..... that he/she has /had any of the following?
- Asthma

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1648	2.2%
2	No	72429	97.3%
9	Unspecified	372	0.5%

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

This question deals with chronic illnesses, but only those that have been identified by a medical practitioner. Each option has to be read out and more than one response is possible. For those who answered 'No' to all options, skip to Q2.7a.

Question post text

If all options in 2.6a are ‘no’ then Go to Q2.7a

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit.

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