Measuring Living Standards within Cities, Durban 2015
South Africa, 2015
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Reference ID
ZAF_2015_DURBAN-LSMS_v01_M
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World Bank
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- Data files
- s1_hhroster
- s3_jobs
- s3_jobs_ISIC
- s4_food7days
- s4_nonfood12months
- s4_nonfood30days
- s5_documents
- s5_want
- s6_assets
- s6_assetsagri
- s6_property
- s8_residhistory
- s10_activities
- lsms_household
- landmark_dist
- residential_history_prepped
- tenure_docs
- tenure_docswide
- rr_s3_jobs
- rr_s3_jobs_ISIC
- rr_s10_activities
Activity (s10_activity)
Data file: s10_activities
Overview
Valid:
63658
Invalid:
5030
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
35
End:
36
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 28
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleeping | 23663 |
37.2%
|
| 2 | Eating | 3754 |
5.9%
|
| 3 | Personal care (bath, shaving, dressing up….) | 2323 |
3.6%
|
| 4 | House chores (cooking, cleaning, etc.) | 4793 |
7.5%
|
| 5 | Caring for children or elderly | 935 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | Garden / own farm care | 231 |
0.4%
|
| 7 | Handicrafts (knitting, sewing….) | 169 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Other minor income activities | 295 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Working and work-related activities | 9405 |
14.8%
|
| 10 | Mobile work | 250 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Looking for work | 190 |
0.3%
|
| 12 | Religious activity | 444 |
0.7%
|
| 13 | Purchasing food and other goods | 66 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Shopping | 176 |
0.3%
|
| 15 | Telephone | 4 |
0%
|
| 16 | Internet, social networks | 276 |
0.4%
|
| 17 | Attending school / university | 248 |
0.4%
|
| 18 | Homework and research | 151 |
0.2%
|
| 19 | Watching TV / video games | 6192 |
9.7%
|
| 20 | Reading | 246 |
0.4%
|
| 21 | Sports and hobbies | 134 |
0.2%
|
| 22 | Social visits / meeting friends | 1633 |
2.6%
|
| 23 | Political activities | 4 |
0%
|
| 24 | Attending community groups meetings | 50 |
0.1%
|
| 25 | Resting, doing nothing | 4857 |
7.6%
|
| 26 | Other activities, not elsewhere classified (non-commuting) | 1014 |
1.6%
|
| 27 | Travelling | 1451 |
2.3%
|
| 28 | Travelling (DETAILS ALREADY RECORDED) | 704 |
1.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 5030 |
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.