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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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Unique household identifier (hhid)

Data file: SA Census 1996 Person_v01

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Width: 36

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

This variable reflects a code unique to each household within province, magisterial district, district council and transitional local council.

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

The unique household identifier uses the household number variable to uniquely define households within their geographically specific tranches (province, magisterial district, district council and transitional local council). Multiple persons may have the same household ID (if they're members of the same household)

Others

Notes

This is the variable used to merge the person and household data files.

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