Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Round 4
South Africa, 2008
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Q79. Tribe or ethnic group (Q79)
Data file: saf_r4_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
700
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
811
End:
813
Width:
3
Range:
700 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
79. What is your tribe? You know, your ethnic or cultural group?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 700 | English | 101 |
4.2%
|
| 701 | Afrikaans/Afrikaner/Boer | 310 |
12.9%
|
| 702 | Ndebele | 29 |
1.2%
|
| 703 | Xhosa | 309 |
12.9%
|
| 704 | Pedi/Spedi/North Sotho | 138 |
5.8%
|
| 705 | Sesotho/Sotho/South Sotho | 156 |
6.5%
|
| 706 | Setswana/Tswana | 220 |
9.2%
|
| 707 | Shangaan | 75 |
3.1%
|
| 708 | Swazi | 51 |
2.1%
|
| 709 | Venda | 33 |
1.4%
|
| 710 | Zulu | 349 |
14.5%
|
| 711 | White/European | 16 |
0.7%
|
| 712 | Coloured | 189 |
7.9%
|
| 713 | Indian | 97 |
4%
|
| 990 | South African only or "doesn't think of self in those terms" | 283 |
11.8%
|
| 995 | Others | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 998 | Refused | 22 |
0.9%
|
| 999 | Don't know | 17 |
0.7%
|
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
If respondent does not identify any group on this question – that is, IF they REFUSE to answer (998), DON’T KNOW (999) or mention “South African only (990)”– then mark 7 = Not Applicable for questions 80-83 and continue to question 84.