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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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Reference ID
ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Aug 01, 2025
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Difficulty in communicating (ZA2016A_DISCOMM)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 287
End: 287
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.3] General health and functioning </span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you health-related questions.</p>

<p>[3.7.3.4] Does the respondent have difficulty communicating in his/her usual language [i.e. understanding others or being understood by others]?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 No difficulty<br />[] 2 Some difficulty<br />[] 3 A lot of difficulty<br />[] 4 Cannot do at all<br />[] 5 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No difficulty
2 Some difficulty
3 A lot of difficulty
4 Cannot do at all
5 Do not know
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has difficulty in communicating.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
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