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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Means of transport (Q44atm)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 217

End: 218

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What means of transport is usually used by ……. to get to his/her place of employment?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Office is at home	2566	3.4%
2	Walking	4609	6.2%
3	Bicycle/motorcycle	204	0.3%
4	Minibus taxi/sedan taxi/bakkie taxi	5081	6.8%
5	Bus	1208	1.6%
6	Train	671	0.9%
7	Lift club by a group of people sharing a private vehicle	480	0.6%
8	Own car/other private vehicle/company vehicle	6421	8.6%
9	Other (specify)	83	0.1%
88	Not applicable	52873	71%
99	Unspecified	253	0.3%

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

If more than one mode is used, indicate the one that covers the longest distance.

This question is applicable to household members who are economically active and is aimed at establishing what kind of transport is usually used to get to his/her place of employment.
If the office is based at home, there is a skip instruction to Q 4.5.

Question post text

1 = Office is at home - Go to Q4.5

Description

Universe

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

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