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

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Jan 25, 2017

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Seeing (Q28SEE)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 175

End: 175

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does… have difficulty in doing any of the following
- Seeing (even with glasses if he/she wears them)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No difficulty	61567	82.7%
2	Some difficulty	3847	5.2%
3	A lot of difficulty	574	0.8%
4	Unable to do	91	0.1%
5	Do not know	27	0%
8	not applicable	7632	10.3%
9	Unspecified	711	1%

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 measures disability and focuses on seven areas of functioning. Each option or area of functioning has to be read out to the respondent.
The respondent has to rate each individual in terms of the degree to which someone has difficulties doing the particular activity.
If someone has no difficulty for all the listed options they have to skip to Q2.9.

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members aged five years and older in the household

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