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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Number of days absent (Q124bDAY)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 110

End: 110

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Ask if “Yes” in Q1.24a

Literal question

For how many days was ……. absent during the past school calendar week (Monday to Friday)? Write the number of days

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1		458	0.6%
2		232	0.3%
3		94	0.1%
4		58	0.1%
5		253	0.3%
8	Not applicable	72917	97.9%
9	Unspecified	437	0.6%

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 question is only asked if an individual was absent during the past school calendar week. Respondents had to provide the number of days that a person was absent. Because it only deals with the school calendar week, the minimum value is 1 and maximum value is 5.

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are aged five years and older and are currently attending Grade R/0, primary, secondary or any other kind of school, and who were absent during the school calendar week preceding the survey.

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