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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Business activities (Q41bbus)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 202

End: 202

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the last week did … run or do any kind of business, big or small, for himself/herself or with one or more partners, even if it was for only one hour?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	3169	4.3%
2	No	48161	64.7%
8	Not applicable	22530	30.3%
9	Unspecified	589	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

Examples: Commercial farming, selling things, making things for sale, construction, repairing things, guarding cars, brewing beer,
collecting wood or water for sale, hairdressing, crèche businesses, taxi or other transport business, having a legal or medical practice, performing in public, having a public phone shop, etc.

This question asks each individual in the household whether they did any kind of business, big or small for themselves or with one or more partners. Note that all kinds of business activities,
even if they were done for only one hour, have to be included. The reference period is the last calendar week.

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are 15 years and older.

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