General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Insufficient food for children (Q77hung5)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 254

End: 254

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, did any child (17 years or younger) in this household go hungry because there wasn't enough food?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never
2	Seldom
3	Sometimes
4	Often
5	Always
6	Not applicable (no children in household)
9	Unspecified

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 seeks to determine whether any children (17 years or younger) in the household had gone hungry because there was not enough food in the house in the past 12 months.

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All households in the selected dwelling units.

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