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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Participated in government or municipal job creation programme (Q47jcr)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 226

End: 226

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Has.... participated in a Government or municipal job creation programme or expanded public works programme in the past 6 months?
This includes community-based workers such as community development workers, home-based care workers, etc.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1033	1.4%
2	No	50054	67.2%
8	Not applicable	22530	30.3%
9	Unspecified	832	1.1%

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 seeks to establish whether individuals in the household participated in Government or municipal job creation programme or expanded Public Works Programme in the past 6 months. This includes community-based workers such as community development workers, home-based care workers, etc.

Description

Universe

Every person who has stayed in the household in the selected dwelling unit at least four nights per week in the four weeks prior the interview, and who is 15 years and older.

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