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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Has it happened 5 or more days in the past 30 days (Q710Meal5)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 259

End: 259

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Ask if 'Yes' in Q710Meal

Literal question

Has it happened 5 or more days in the past 30 days?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1541	7.1%
2	No	2765	12.8%
8	Not applicable	17131	79.3%
9	Unspecified	164	0.8%

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 applicable to all households and seeks to establish whether any adults in the household had cut the size of meals or skipped any meals during the past year because there was not enough food in the house.

Description

Universe

All households in the selected dwelling units.

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