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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Severe disability (Sevdisab)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 229
End: 229
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Not disabled 71557
96.1%
1 Disabled 2652
3.6%
9 Unspecified 240
0.3%
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.

Description

Definition
If an individual has 'A lot of difficulty' or is 'Unable to do' for one or more category they are classified as severely disabled as per question 2.8.
Universe
This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit.

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
If an individual has 'A lot of difficulty' or is 'Unable to do' for one or more category they are classified as severely disabled as per question 2.8.
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