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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House subsidy received (Q511Subs)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 83

End: 83

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Did any member of this household receive a government housing subsidy, such as an RDP housing subsidy, to obtain this dwelling or any other dwelling?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	3207	14.8%
2	No	18079	83.7%
3	Do not know	23	0.1%
8	Not applicable	0	0%
9	Unspecified	292	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

Do not include housing subsidies for government employees.
The question asks the respondents about any kind of government housing subsidy such as an RDP housing subsidy, but does not include housing subsidies for government employees.

Description

Universe

All households in selected dwelling units who indicated in Q5.10a that they live in an RDP or state-subsidised dwelling.

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