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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Mother still alive (Q14aMOTH)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 52

End: 52

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is …… 's biological mother still alive?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	52489	70.5%
2	No	21144	28.4%
3	Don't know	464	0.6%
9	Unspecified	352	0.5%

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

The mother does not necessarily have to be a member of the household. That means one's mother may be alive, but living somewhere outside the selected dwelling unit. For codes 2 and 3 the instruction is to go to Q1.5.

Question post text

1 = Yes - Go to Q1.4c

3 = Do not know - Go to Q1.5

Description

Definition

This question wants to find out if the mother is still alive.

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit

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