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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 (ZA2016A_ETHNIC)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 230
End: 230
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>[3.7.1.7] 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>
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Value Category
1 Black African
2 Coloured
3 Indian or Asian
4 White
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 person's population group.
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South Africa 2016: All persons

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