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)
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Oct 17, 2013
Last modified
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Mother tongue (q1000)
Data file: WHS-SouthAfrica_F5
Overview
Valid:
2314
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
17
End:
24
Width:
8
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Respondent’s Socio Demographic Characteristics
I would like to start by asking you some background questions before asking you questions on your health. This information is confidential and will only be used for research purposes.
I would like to start by asking you some background questions before asking you questions on your health. This information is confidential and will only be used for research purposes.
Literal question
What is your mother tongue?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFR | 1 |
0%
|
|
| AFRICAN | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| AFRIKAAN | 452 |
19.5%
|
|
| BAMAE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| BASOTHO | 1 |
0%
|
|
| BITONGA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| BLACK | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| CHICHEWA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| CHINISE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| ENGELS | 1 |
0%
|
|
| ENGLISH | 157 |
6.8%
|
|
| ENGLISH- | 1 |
0%
|
|
| FRENCH | 1 |
0%
|
|
| GERMANY | 1 |
0%
|
|
| GUJARATI | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| GUJROBI | 1 |
0%
|
|
| HINDU | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| IBU | 1 |
0%
|
|
| INDIA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| INDIAN | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| INDIAN/E | 1 |
0%
|
|
| ISIPEDI | 1 |
0%
|
|
| ISISWATI | 1 |
0%
|
|
| ISITSONG | 1 |
0%
|
|
| ISIXHOSA | 21 |
0.9%
|
|
| ISIZULU | 26 |
1.1%
|
|
| JAMIL | 1 |
0%
|
|
| JOSIEL | 1 |
0%
|
|
| LUVENDA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| MASEKALA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| MEGI NTO | 1 |
0%
|
|
| N SESOTH | 1 |
0%
|
|
| N SOTHO | 32 |
1.4%
|
|
| NDEBELE | 30 |
1.3%
|
|
| NORTH SO | 47 |
2%
|
|
| NORTHEN | 1 |
0%
|
|
| NORTHERN | 97 |
4.2%
|
|
| PEDI | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| PORTUGAL | 1 |
0%
|
|
| PORTUGUE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| PROTUGUE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| S SOTHO | 27 |
1.2%
|
|
| SEPEDI | 17 |
0.7%
|
|
| SESOTHO | 57 |
2.5%
|
|
| SESWATI | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| SETSWANA | 93 |
4%
|
|
| SEXHOSA | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| SHANGAAN | 53 |
2.3%
|
|
| SHANGAN | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| SHONA | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| SINDEBEL | 1 |
0%
|
|
| SISHANGA | 8 |
0.3%
|
|
| SISUTHU | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| SISWATI | 9 |
0.4%
|
|
| SISWATO | 1 |
0%
|
|
| SIVENDA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| SIZULU | 1 |
0%
|
|
| SOTHO | 36 |
1.6%
|
|
| SOUTH SO | 47 |
2%
|
|
| SOUTHERN | 13 |
0.6%
|
|
| SPEDI | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| STSONGA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| SWATI | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| SWAZI | 34 |
1.5%
|
|
| TAIMAL | 1 |
0%
|
|
| TAMIL | 8 |
0.3%
|
|
| TELUGU | 1 |
0%
|
|
| TSHIVEND | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| TSHONGA | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| TSONGA | 52 |
2.2%
|
|
| TSONGO | 1 |
0%
|
|
| TSWANA | 64 |
2.8%
|
|
| TZONGA | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| URDU | 1 |
0%
|
|
| VENDA | 26 |
1.1%
|
|
| VHENDA | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| XHOSA | 380 |
16.4%
|
|
| XITSONGA | 9 |
0.4%
|
|
| YORUBA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| ZULU | 429 |
18.5%
|
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
Record respondent’s mother tongue. The mother tongue is the language one has learned first, provided it is a language that one can express oneself fully in, and/or voluntarily identifies with. If the respondent knows more than one such language record all named languages.