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Population Census 1996

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Highest individual income in household (hinchh)

Data file: SA Census 1996 Hhold_v01

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 8
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 None
2 R00001 - R00200
3 R00201 - R00500
4 R00501 - R01000
5 R01001 - R01500
6 R01501 - R02500
7 R02501 - R03500
8 R03501 - R04500
9 R04501 - R06000
10 R06001 - R08000
11 R08001 - R11000
12 R11001 - R16000
13 R16001 - R30000
14 R30001+
98 N/A: Institution
99 Unspecified
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 reflects the highest individual income within the enumerated household
Universe
Every household at night between Wednesday 9 October and Thursday 10 October 1996.
Source of information
South African Census 1996 records for persons

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
Derived from census records for persons.

Others

Notes
Respondents could choose to think of income in terms of weekly, monthly or annual amounts. The census questionnaire gave the following instructions: 'Think of the past year (1 October 1995 to 30 September 1996) and the money each person received. Please indicate each person's income category before tax. Include all sources of income, for example, housing loan subsidies, bonuses, allowances such as car allowances and investment income. If the person receives a pension or disability grant, please include this amount.' The income asked for therefore included both income earned from work and other income.

This question was asked of all persons, whether working or not at the time of the census. However, for many purposes, users may want to restrict this to all persons aged 15 years or older, or all employed persons. Individual income was used in the derivation of a crude estimate of household income.
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