General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

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Statistics South Africa

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Herbicides/weed killers used in your garden/yard (Q538Her)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 193

End: 193

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months have you or any member of your household ….

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1 = Used pesticides in your dwelling?
2 = Used pesticides in your garden/yard?
3 = Used herbicides/weedkillers in your garden/yard?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1271	5.9%
2	No	15854	73.4%
3		4381	20.3%
8	Not applicable	0	0%
9	Unspecified	95	0.4%

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

The aim of this question is to establish whether household members have used pesticides in the dwelling, garden/yard or herbicides/weedkillers in the garden/yard in the past 12 months or not.

Description

Universe

All household members in the selected dwelling unit.

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