Login
Login
|
Microdata at FAO
    Home / Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalogue / AGRICULTURAL-SURVEYS / ZAF_2015_GHS_V01_EN_M_V01_A_OCS / variable [F2]
agricultural-surveys

General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
Get Microdata
Reference ID
ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Collections
Agricultural Surveys
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Sep 28, 2020
Last modified
Sep 28, 2020
Page views
16604
Downloads
503
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
  • Get Microdata
  • Data files
  • ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608
  • ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Work without remuneration (Q41cVOL)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 203
End: 203
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In the last week did … help without being paid in any kind of business, run by his/her household even if it was for only one hour?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 274
0.4%
2 No 50924
68.4%
8 Not applicable 22530
30.3%
9 Unspecified 721
1%
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
Examples: Commercial farming, production of agricultural produce to sell, help to sell things, make things for sale or exchange, doing the accounts, cleaning up for the business, etc.

This question asks each individual in the household whether they did voluntary work, i.e. without being paid, in any kind of business, big or small. Note that all kinds of business activities, even if they were done for only one hour, have to be included.
The reference period is the last calendar week. If the answer is 'Yes' to any of these questions, the instruction is to proceed to Q4.2a; otherwise ask Q4.1d.

Description

Universe
This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are 15 years and older.
Back to Catalog
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FOLLOW US ON

  • icon-facebook
  • icon-flickr
  • icon-instagram
  • icon-linkedin
  • icon-rss
  • icon-slideshare
  • icon-soundcloud
  • icon-tiktok
  • icon-tuotiao
  • icon-twitter
  • icon-wechat
  • icon-weibo
  • icon-youtube
  • FAO Organizational Chart
  • Regional Office for AfricaRegional Office for Asia and the PacificRegional Office for Europe and Central AsiaRegional Office for Latin America and the CaribbeanRegional Office for the Near East and North AfricaCountry Offices
  • Jobs
  • |
  • Contact us
  • |
  • Terms and Conditions
  • |
  • Scam Alert
  • |
  • Report Misconduct

Download our App

© FAO 2025