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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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Mode for receiving mail or post (ZA2016A_MAIL)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 231
End: 232
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">4 Housing, household goods, services and crime and agricultural activities </span></p>

<p>Now, I am going to ask you some questions related to housing, household goods and services, crime and agricultural activities for this particular household.</p>

<p><span class="em">Postal/mail services </span></p>

<p>[4.78] How does this household receive most of its mail/post?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Delivered to the dwelling<br />[] 2 Delivered to a post box/private bag owned by the household<br />[] 3 Through a friend/neighbor/relative<br />[] 4 Through a shop/school<br />[] 5 Through a workplace<br />[] 6 Through a tribal/traditional/local authority office<br />[] 7 By email<br />[] 8 Do not receive mail<br />[] 9 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Delivered to the dwelling
02 Delivered to a post box or private bag owned by the household
03 Through a friend, neighbour, or relative
04 Through a shop or school
05 Through a workplace
06 Through a tribal, traditional or local authority office
07 By email
08 Do not receive mail
09 Other
99 Unknown
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
This variable indicates the household mode for receiving mail or post.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All households

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