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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Jan 25, 2017

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Sector of organisation/business or branch (Q45sec)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 220

End: 220

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is the organisation/business/branch where…works

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	In the formal sector (registered to perform activity)	16828	22.6%
2	In the informal sector (not registered to perform activity)	4164	5.6%
3	Do not know	217	0.3%
8	Not applicable	51930	69.8%
9	Unspecified	1310	1.8%

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

This question is aimed at establishing in what sector the organisation/business or branch the person is working in, is located.

Description

Universe

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

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