General Household Survey 2015
South Africa, 2015
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Reference ID
ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Size of the land that the household use (Q88bHect)
Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608
Overview
Valid:
21601
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
320
End:
321
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Approximately how big is the land that the household uses for production? Estimate total area if more than one piece.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Less than 500 m2 (approximately one soccer field) | 2872 |
13.3%
|
| 2 | 500 m2 to 9 999 m2 (between one soccer field and one hectare) | 274 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | 1 but less than 2 hectares | 42 |
0.2%
|
| 4 | 2 but less than 5 hectares | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | 5 but less than 10 hectares | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | 10 but less than 20 hectares | 5 |
0%
|
| 7 | 20 or more hectares | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Do not know | 10 |
0%
|
| 88 | Unspecified | 18208 |
84.3%
|
| 99 | Not applicable | 144 |
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
The purpose of this question is to establish the size of the land that is used for agricultural production. Respondents are encouraged to estimate the land if more than one piece of land is used.
Description
Universe
All households that were involved in the production of any kind of food or agricultural products in the past 12 months.