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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Agricultural Surveys

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Sep 28, 2020

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Access to textbooks (Q119BTEXTBOOKS)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 87

End: 87

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Ask for respondents who are currently attending Grade 10-12

Literal question

During the current academic year, …… has had access to text books in:
1 = All his/her subjects 2 = Most of his/her subjects 3 = Some of his/her subjects 4 = None of his/her subjects 5 = Do not know

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	All his/her subjects	3347	4.5%
2	Most of his/her subjects	676	0.9%
3	Some of his/her subjects	175	0.2%
4	None of his/her subjects	62	0.1%
5	Do not know	13	0%
8	Not applicable	51223	68.8%
9	Unspecified	18953	25.5%

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.

Description

Definition

The question establishes whether the individual currently attending school for the academic year has access to text books in all his/her subjects, most of his/her subjects, some of his/her subjects or none of his/her subjects.

Universe

Every person who has stayed in the household in the selected dwelling unit at least four nights per week in the four weeks prior the interview who is five years and older and who had been attending an educational institution during the current year.

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