General Household Survey 2015
South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Reason for not consulting a health worker (Q24bYNT)
Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608
Overview
Valid:
74449
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
125
End:
126
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
If “No” in Q2.4a
Literal question
What is the main reason, why …… did not consult any health worker?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too expensive | 60 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | Too far | 31 |
0%
|
| 3 | Not necessary/the problem was not serious enough | 598 |
0.8%
|
| 4 | Self medicated/treated myself | 2051 |
2.8%
|
| 5 | Fear of stigmatisation | 7 |
0%
|
| 6 | Queues too long | 6 |
0%
|
| 7 | Transportation problems | 6 |
0%
|
| 8 | Experienced difficulty getting a diagnosis before | 1 |
0%
|
| 9 | Do not know | 5 |
0%
|
| 10 | Other | 19 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 71327 |
95.8%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 338 |
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 question is aimed to find out why people did not consult a health worker in the 30 days prior to the interview in spite of being ill. Provision has been made in Option 10 to specify other reasons not listed.
Description
Universe
This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who were ill, but did not consult a health worker in the month prior to the interview.