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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Jan 25, 2017
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Chronic medication (Q29CMED)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 185
End: 185
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Does ….. use any of the following?
- Chronic medication
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 8854
11.9%
2 No 57415
77.1%
8 Not applicable 7632
10.3%
9 Unspecified 548
0.7%
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 question is aimed at finding out whether someone is using any corrective aids for their general functioning. Each option or area of functioning has to be read out to the respondent.
The respondent has to rate each individual in terms of the degree to which someone has difficulties doing any of the listed activities.

Description

Universe
This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit.
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