General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Means of transport (Q115aMOD)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 75

End: 76

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What means of transport is usually used by ……. to get to the educational institution he/she attends?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Walking	15217	20.4%
2	Bicycle/motorcycle	183	0.2%
3	Minibus taxi/sedan taxi/bakkie taxi	1503	2%
4	Bus	748	1%
5	Train	136	0.2%
6	Minibus/bus provided by institution/government and not paid for	546	0.7%
7	Vehicle hired by a group of parents	1978	2.7%
8	Own car or other private vehicle	1499	2%
9	Other	57	0.1%
88	Not applicable	51727	69.5%
99	Unspecified	855	1.1%

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

If more than one mode is used, indicate the one that covers the longest distance.
The question is not applicable to individuals that attend correspondence/distance education whose normal tuition is outside formal lecture halls.
For such individuals/ parties communication is usually through the use of media, such as emails, Internet, telephones, etc.

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