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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Household expenditure (Q814Exp)
Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608
Overview
Valid:
21601
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
350
End:
351
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was the total household expenditure in the last month?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R0 | 86 |
0.4%
|
| 2 | R1–R199 | 157 |
0.7%
|
| 3 | R200–R399 | 556 |
2.6%
|
| 4 | R400–R799 | 1847 |
8.6%
|
| 5 | R800–R1 199 | 2431 |
11.3%
|
| 6 | R1 200–R1 799 | 3408 |
15.8%
|
| 7 | R1 800–R2 499 | 2966 |
13.7%
|
| 8 | R2 500–R4 999 | 3991 |
18.5%
|
| 9 | R5 000–R9 999 | 2689 |
12.4%
|
| 10 | 10 000 or more | 2866 |
13.3%
|
| 11 | Do not know | 369 |
1.7%
|
| 12 | Refuse | 78 |
0.4%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 157 |
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
Include everything that the household and its members spent money on, including food, clothing, transport, rent and rates, alcohol and tobacco, school fees, entertainment and any other expenses.
This question is applicable to all households and seeks to establish the expenditure in the last month in the selected dwelling units.
The instruction to the enumerator is to include everything that members of the household spent money on, including entertainment and other expenses.
This question is applicable to all households and seeks to establish the expenditure in the last month in the selected dwelling units.
The instruction to the enumerator is to include everything that members of the household spent money on, including entertainment and other expenses.
Description
Universe
All households in the selected dwelling units.