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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Self-care (Q28SEL)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 179

End: 179

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does… have difficulty in doing any of the following?

a = Seeing (even with glasses if he/she wears them)
b = Hearing (even with a hearing aid, if he/she wears one)
c = Walking a kilometre or climbing a flight of steps
d = Remembering and concentrating
e = With self-care, such as washing or dressing
f = In communicating in his/her usual language, including sign language (understanding others and being understood by others)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No difficulty	63735	85.6%
2	Some difficulty	1499	2%
3	A lot of difficulty	611	0.8%
4	Unable to do	506	0.7%
5	Do not know	4	0%
8	not applicable	7632	10.3%
9	Unspecified	462	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

This question measures disability and focuses on seven areas of functioning. Each option or area of functioning has to be read out to the respondent.
The respondent has to rate each individual in terms of the degree to which someone has difficulties doing the particular activity.
If someone has no difficulty for all the listed options they have to skip to Q2.9.

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members aged five years and older in the household

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