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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Statistics South Africa

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Spouse/partner (Q12bSPOU)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 44

End: 44

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does ……'s spouse/partner live in this household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	16799	22.6%
2	No	2189	2.9%
8	Not applicable	54494	73.2%
9	Unspecified	967	1.3%

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

If the response is 'No' to Q1.2b, the survey officer is instructed to go to Q1.3.a.

Description

Universe

Only those people who are married or living together as husband and wife.

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