World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

South Africa, 2003

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Reference ID

ZAF_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Place where usually worked over the last 12 months (q0905)

Data file: WHS-SouthAfrica_F4

Overview

Valid: 173

Invalid: 178

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 29

End: 33

Width: 5

Range: 1 - 44

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How would you best describe the place where you usually worked over the last 12 months?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Public hospital (government, including military or railroad hospital)	69	39.9%
2	Private hospital (for profit/not for profit)	25	14.5%
3	Public health centre (including dental clinic, palliativile clinic,health post etc.	10	5.8%
4	Private health centre, including dental clinic, palliative care centre, mobile clinic, health post, doctor's office etc.	8	4.6%
5	Private home-based services) nursing, Medical etc.	11	6.4%
6	Public health training or research institution (including medical faculty, dental college, etc.	4	2.3%
7	Private health training or research institution (including medical faculty, dental college etc.	2	1.2%
8	Laboratory centre	1	0.6%
9	Pharmacy	4	2.3%
10	Other health services (including district health administration, etc.)	8	4.6%
11	Non-health services area	31	17.9%
Sysmiss		178

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.

Interviewer instructions

This refers to the principal location where the respondent worked during the last regular work year. If the respondent worked at more than one location, consider the location where the respondent spent the greater amount of time. If the respondent worked at a health facility, determine whether the place is in the public sector (run by the government) or in the private sector (including those operated by non-governmental organizations or religious associations). Under “other health services” record district health administration, Ministry of Health officers, WHO officers, etc.. If the respondent did not work at a health services areas/facilities, record “non-health services area”.

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