General Household Survey 2015
South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Medical help (Q71HFac)
Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608
Overview
Valid:
21601
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
244
End:
245
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
If anyone in this household becomes ill and decides to seek medical help, where do they usually go first?
Public sector (i.e. government, provincial or community institution)
01 = Hospital
02 = Clinic
03 = Other in public sector (specify)
Private sector (including private clinics, surgery, private hospitals and sangomas)
04 = Hospital
05 = Clinic
06 = Private doctor/specialist
07 = Traditional healer
08 = Spiritual healer's workplace/church
09 = Pharmacy/chemist
10 = Health facility provided by employer
11 = Alternative medicine, e.g. homoeopathist
12 = Other in private sector (specify)
13 = Do not know
Public sector (i.e. government, provincial or community institution)
01 = Hospital
02 = Clinic
03 = Other in public sector (specify)
Private sector (including private clinics, surgery, private hospitals and sangomas)
04 = Hospital
05 = Clinic
06 = Private doctor/specialist
07 = Traditional healer
08 = Spiritual healer's workplace/church
09 = Pharmacy/chemist
10 = Health facility provided by employer
11 = Alternative medicine, e.g. homoeopathist
12 = Other in private sector (specify)
13 = Do not know
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hospital | 1674 |
7.7%
|
| 2 | Clinic | 14044 |
65%
|
| 3 | Other | 115 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | Hospital | 430 |
2%
|
| 5 | Clinic | 332 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | Private doctor/specialist | 4632 |
21.4%
|
| 7 | Traditional healer | 100 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | Spiritual healer's workplace/church | 35 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Pharmacy/chemist | 83 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | Health facility provided by employer | 52 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Alternative medicine, e.g. homoeopathist | 2 |
0%
|
| 12 | Other in private sector | 10 |
0%
|
| 13 | Do not know | 4 |
0%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 88 |
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
Enumerators are instructed that if more than one consultation took place, to consider the most recent one. The purpose of this question is to determine the place of consultation, and enumerators are instructed to establish whether the respondents used public or private sector facilities. The public sector includes government, provincial and community institutions, while private sector facilities include private clinics and hospitals, surgeons, sangomas, etc.
Description
Universe
All households in the selected dwelling units.