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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Population ethnic group of household head (ZA2016A_HDETHNIC)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.1] Demographics </span></p>

<p>[3.7.1.5] What is the respondent's relationship to the head or acting head of the household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Head/acting head<br />[] 2 Husband/wife/partner<br />[] 3 Son/daughter<br />[] 4 Adopted son/daughter<br />[] 5 Stepchild<br />[] 6 Brother/sister<br />[] 7 Parent [father/mother]<br />[] 8 Parent-in-law<br />[] 9 Grandchild/great grandchild<br />[] 10 Son-in-law/daughter-in-law<br />[] 11 Brother-in-law/sister-in-law<br />[] 12 Grandmother/grandfather<br />[] 13 Other relative [e.g. aunt/uncle]<br />[] 14 Non-related person</div><p>[3.7.1.7] What population group does the respondent belong to?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Black African<br />[] 2 Coloured<br />[] 3 Indian/Asian<br />[] 4 White<br />[] 5 Other<br />[] 6 Refused</div><p>[3.7.1.8] Please specify "Other" population group ____
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Value Category
1 Black African
2 Coloured
3 Indian or Asian
4 White
5 Other
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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Definition
This variable indicates the population group of household head.
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South Africa 2016: All households

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