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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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

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This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are 15 years and older.

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