General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

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Domestic or household worker's services used by the household (Q817DomW)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 357

End: 357

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the previous month, did this household make use of a domestic or household workers' services (excluding for business purposes)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	2103	9.7%
2	No	19205	88.9%
3	Unspecified	0	0%
9		293	1.4%

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

This question aims to establish if the household made use of a domestic worker's services in the month prior to the enumeration month. Please note that a domestic worker is a person who works within the employer's household, and the question excludes domestic workers used for business purposes.

Description

Universe

All households in the selected dwelling units.

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