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Population Census 1996

South Africa, 1996
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Reference ID
ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Gender (sex)

Data file: SA Census 1996 Person_v01

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 8
Range: 1 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Household questionnaire: Q1.2 Is (the person) male or female?
Personal questionnaire: Q2 Is this person male or female?
Special enumeration questionnaire: C3 Gender
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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 sex of the enumerated person
Universe
All persons at night between Wednesday 9 October and Thursday 10 October 1996.
Source of information
South African Census 1996 household and personal, summary book for hostels or special enumeration questionnaire - completed by the enumerator or the respondent

Others

Notes
Gender is a key demographic variable. Where it was not provided a response was manually imputed, based, if possible, on other information from the questionnaire.

Interviewers were instructed that they could complete this question based on their observation and did not have to ask it if the person was present.
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