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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Monthly income of your household higher (Q813Mincome)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 349

End: 349

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is the total monthly income of your household higher, lower or more or less the same as the minimum income given above?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Much higher	925	4.3%
2	Higher	3574	16.5%
3	More or less the same	5661	26.2%
4	Lower	7451	34.5%
5	Much Lower	3597	16.7%
9	Unspecified	393	1.8%

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 measures relative poverty and was introduced to assist with the calculation of a Multi-dimensional poverty index.

Description

Universe

All households.

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