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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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Relationship to household head (ZA2016A_RELATE)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 227
End: 228
Width: 2
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>
Categories
Value Category
01 Head or acting head
02 Husband, wife or partner
03 Son or daughter
04 Adopted son or daughter
05 Stepchild
06 Brother or sister
07 Parent (father or mother)
08 Parent-in-law
09 Grandchild or great grandchild
10 Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
11 Brother-in-law or sister-in-law
12 Grandmother or grandfather
13 Other relative (e.g. aunt or uncle)
14 Non-related person
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 person's relationship to household head.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All persons

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