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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Age (Age)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 35
End: 37
Width: 3
Range: 0 - 114
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is …..'s date of birth, and age in completed years?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Less than 1 year 1520
2%
1 1498
2%
2 1570
2.1%
3 1516
2%
4 1528
2.1%
5 1579
2.1%
6 1608
2.2%
7 1641
2.2%
8 1608
2.2%
9 1529
2.1%
10 1541
2.1%
11 1432
1.9%
12 1318
1.8%
13 1257
1.7%
14 1385
1.9%
15 1472
2%
16 1328
1.8%
17 1418
1.9%
18 1384
1.9%
19 1398
1.9%
20 1301
1.7%
21 1394
1.9%
22 1283
1.7%
23 1337
1.8%
24 1273
1.7%
25 1372
1.8%
26 1265
1.7%
27 1233
1.7%
28 1214
1.6%
29 1224
1.6%
30 1220
1.6%
31 1206
1.6%
32 1229
1.7%
33 1119
1.5%
34 1092
1.5%
35 1066
1.4%
36 1021
1.4%
37 950
1.3%
38 908
1.2%
39 914
1.2%
40 968
1.3%
41 832
1.1%
42 909
1.2%
43 809
1.1%
44 789
1.1%
45 860
1.2%
46 766
1%
47 773
1%
48 713
1%
49 728
1%
50 738
1%
51 727
1%
52 725
1%
53 614
0.8%
54 664
0.9%
55 671
0.9%
56 598
0.8%
57 552
0.7%
58 560
0.8%
59 507
0.7%
60 503
0.7%
61 492
0.7%
62 499
0.7%
63 452
0.6%
64 368
0.5%
65 418
0.6%
66 351
0.5%
67 298
0.4%
68 283
0.4%
69 255
0.3%
70 267
0.4%
71 231
0.3%
72 242
0.3%
73 243
0.3%
74 212
0.3%
75 240
0.3%
76 176
0.2%
77 148
0.2%
78 143
0.2%
79 115
0.2%
80 106
0.1%
81 116
0.2%
82 98
0.1%
83 85
0.1%
84 76
0.1%
85 87
0.1%
86 52
0.1%
87 41
0.1%
88 30
0%
89 28
0%
90 26
0%
91 12
0%
92 16
0%
93 14
0%
94 23
0%
95 15
0%
96 7
0%
97 9
0%
98 5
0%
99 1
0%
100 2
0%
101 1
0%
102 2
0%
103 2
0%
104 1
0%
105 2
0%
110 1
0%
114 1
0%
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.

Description

Definition
This question is asked to find out the ages and dates of birth of the household members. Concerning the date of birth, the survey officers were requested to confirm the date from documentation if the respondent did not know the date of birth. The question starts with Day of birth, then the Month of birth and finally the Age in years. For Month of birth the equivalent is given in 2-digit numbers, i.e. January is represented with 01, February with 02 and so forth. The Year of birth is given as a four-digit number, e.g. 1933 or 1996.
The instruction for Age in years is to write the years in whole numbers and not in words. Moreover, these years must be complete years; thus if a person is two years and six months old, the instruction is to write the two completed years. For children who are less than a year, the instruction is to write 00.
Universe
Every person who has stayed in the household in the selected dwelling unit at least four nights on average per week in the four weeks prior the interview.
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