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INDEPTH Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2006-2007
Wave 1

South Africa, 2006 - 2007
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ZAF_2006_INDEPTH-SAGE-W1_v01_M
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Professor Stephen Tollman
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May 19, 2023
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q8028a: how many children (q8028a)

Data file: INDEPTHSouthAfricaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 14
Range: -9 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The following questions ask about care you provide or have provided to children in the household over the last 12 months - specifically care provided to children aged 15 years or younger for whom one or both parents are ill or absent (prolonged illness or absent through death or migration or other reason). Care could be related to physical care, health care, financial support or other reasons, where you are responsible for the well-being of the child/children.
Literal question
In total, how many child household (HH) members have needed care or support in the last 12 months?
Categories
Value Category
-9 Not applicable
-8 Don't know
1 One child
2 Two children
3 Three children
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.
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