Migration Household Survey 2009

South Africa, 2009

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Reference ID

ZAF_2009_MRHSS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

Collection(s)

Migration and Remittances Surveys

Metadata

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Mar 23, 2011

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Jun 03, 2019

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Maternal language (Q1_10)

Data file: WBSASection 1-5 & 9

Overview

Valid: 7593

Invalid: 57

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 90

End: 91

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the maternal language of (NAME)?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Afrikaans
2	English
3	Chopi
4	isiNdebele
5	Ngui
6	Shona
7	seSotho
8	seSwati
9	Thonga
10	Tsonga
11	Setswana
12	Tshivenda
13	isiXhosa
14	Zulu
15	sePedi
16	Other African
17	Other non African
Sysmiss

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

In Q1.2 to Q1.11, information is collected on the relationship of each member to the household head, his/her sex, age, marital status, birth place, religion, ethnicity and language. Note that the household head is not necessarily the “father' or the “mother”. The age of the person should be as at the last birthday.

Question post text

(The language spoken to (NAME) by the mother from birth)

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