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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Happier, the same or less happy with life (Q820Happy)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 361

End: 361

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Are you happier, the same or less happy with life than you were ten years ago?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Happier	6234	28.9%
2	The same	7359	34.1%
3	Less happy	7387	34.2%
4	Refuse to answer	189	0.9%
5	Do not know	75	0.3%
9	Unspecified	357	1.7%

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

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

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All households

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