Demographic and Health Survey 1998

South Africa, 1998

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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M

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Department of Health, Medical Research Council

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Relationship structure (hv217)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 32

End: 32

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	No adults
1	One adult
2	Two adults, opp. sex
3	Two adults, same sex
4	Three+ related adult
5	Unrelated adults

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.

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Notes

Relationship structure in the household describes the household composition in the following categories: one adult, two related adults of the opposite sex, two related adults of the same sex, three or more related adults, all other combinations. Only usual (de jure) members aged 15 and over are considered in determining the relationship structure.

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