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Measuring Living Standards within Cities, Durban 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_DURBAN-LSMS_v01_M
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EXPLAIN REASON WHY NOT COMPLETED, REPORT ANY IRREGULARITIES ABOUT THE INTERVIEW (comment_mr)

Data file: lsms_household

Overview

Valid: 1454
Type: Discrete
Start: 953
End: 1196
Width: 244
Format:

Questions and instructions

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Value Category
(seemingly) owner of the company misled us to believe that there was no one living on the premises, but later discovered that there in fact is employees living there. I forgot to remove false information that I was given by the owner of the
0k
29 Verity Avenue is out of boundary, I was assigned to 31 Verity Avenue
6 Chandler cres doesn't exist, I was assigned to 4 Chandler cres
According to the neighbors a person living here lives afraid comes back only during holidays... long term unavailable confirmed with HQ.
Ayanda swapped the Dwelling with #307. HH Complete
Because Random is no longer living with main respondent. He only come during the holidays.
Been visiting the dwelling and there has been nobody home, could not come back during evenings because we had police escorts the area is dangerous......confirmed with Ayanda.
Brother of Phumzile buys the them groceries every month, because no one in this household is employed. Complete
Complete with Title deed partially incomplete because husband is always unavailable. Contacted HQ
Completed
Family got angry and said they refuse to continue and i should leave
First visit and the household head ( mother) is not available and the father is partially deaf and therefore was requested to return on the next appointment on Saturday.
Got angry with the type of questions being asked, irrelevant
HH was not happy about his wife doing the survey,he said all were personal questions
HHID 4407 address 180 was done by Ntombithini and I was substituted to address 178 400015
He said ever since he is back he only ate bread and water
I can't put the year a person started to live in Durban.
I didn't able to finish because of time
I made Bonisile the Random because the other kids are under age and Thanda is mentally disabled.
In this Household there have care workers but they don't work in the same house but i can see they come in this house to prepare their things and go.
NOT available,ok
OK
OK ! Respondent is very old , does not remember much , son was disturbing a lot also
OK ! hh was getting angry, finance is a personal matter not for research
OK , Respondent is old and forgetful
OK!
OK! Did 47 Erin Crescent , as per Asmus
OK! Living in a hostel, Respondent pays all inclusive of food ,accommodation ,rent,water ,electricity
OK! MR did not know much ,had to ask other hh members ,
OK! MR very forgetful , changes his answers a lot
OK! Respondent moved into this dwelling 3 weeks ago , Spoke to Ayanda , she said dat i must do the interview
OK! Respondent was willing to do the interview but family members were discouraging her from being truthful , she did the best but was saying she doesn't remember much
OK!Respondent is old and forgetful ,keeps on changing his answers
OK, correct House hold ID is 9602, Ayanda has been contacted already.
OK. A very struggling respondent has no food to eat.
Ok
Ok.
Okay
Refusal she don't want to give me her name and surname Ayanda is contacted
Respondent only answered coz he thought it was general questions, too many irrelevant questions, does not help the research
Respondent said it is too long and has a lot of things to do. On revisits, she would tell me that I should come back some other time. Contacted HQ
Respondent said lied, and said he doesn't live here. When asked who lived her, and when they'd be available, he got irritated and said he already told me that there person who lives here is unavailable, and refused to say who is the owner,
Respondent said she felt bad 2 refuse , so she answered some questions without her parents consent ,didn't know too much about household activities !Told me she was suppose to refuse during the consumption ! Told Ayanda
Respondent was getting apprehensive , said that she would get in trouble if someone saw her talking to me !Told Ayanda
Respondent was getting irritated ,too many unnecessary questions , spoke to Ayanda
Respondent, was under the influence of liquor, didnt feel comfortable answering so many questions
Respondents an old man and woman started the survey with me an their grandson stopped the interview and asked me to live, making it partially complete and a refusal.....confirmed with Ayanda.
Revisit, OK
She was attending funeral on Saturday and Sunday going to church. She will be available on Tuesday.
Son stopped the interview ,said his mum is not well to answer , she was more than willing ,he was extremely rude , spoke to Ayanda
Swapped questionnaires with HHID 11205 (refusal). This questionnaire has been corrected with the help of Ayanda. This questionnaire a refusal. Contacted HQ
The girl stays in a School resistance.
The respondent explained to me that when it's towards month end thing's are very difficult there is no food in the house that is why on food consumption they don't have much food they've eat in the past 7 day's
The respondent refused to continue she said why too much questions about what we eat
They refused they said we are asking too much information i.e date of birth of all members of the family . cleared with Ayanda.
Too long! got annoyed with questions, kept on saying i gave enough information already
Too many unnecessary questions , too busy with small babies to answer stupid questions,, spoke to Ayanda
Waiting for response on electricity from main.
after starting the interview respondent says I must come later. when I did my second visit the head of the house says they are not interested and will not participate in the survey.
appointment made for tomorrow, household member will be available on the 18, OK
available
correct House hold ID is 9603 , Ayanda has been contacted already.
data management: found that HH members are missing during QA, revisit not possible
don't have time
done
he is a foreign guy he thought we are Satanists because we won't asked landlord the same questions, he then decided to end the interview # talked to Ayanda
he is on medication for now, can not participate
he said he doesn't trust me, and he don't have any information to give me, talked to Ayanda.
he was a little bit drunk.
he was drunk and he said I'm private investigator, why I'm asking to much questions.
interview , was taking too long , too many unnecessary questions
just to long to continue
k
kanagie is hh head and main resp
no one home
no one in the house, OK
no one in the main house, ok
nobody was home
not available
not available,k
not available,not available,ok
not available,ok
not available.
not paying for water,it is disconnected
ntombana is very old 80, son is main, head and granny didnt quality to be random
o
ok
ok but head household said that her husband the random wil not answer any questions
ok but head is gone to port elizabeth for a mnth an random is very fussy and wont do itshe refused for the random
ok but refused to continue with head and random and i spoke to ayanda
ok but respondent does not have a idea about amount of water used and how much they pay for electricity ,water,sewage and garbage
ok but respondent is on a 1 week water fast and her husband and 1 son is not at home for the last 7 days
ok front and back house are one household
ok old lady stay alone
ok respondent was old and did not know his phone number
ok respondents daughter was helping her answer
ok respondents husband pays for most ot th things
ok they are very rich
okay
on my first visit i started interview with nqobile,she answered and was. not sure of certain questions,said must come another say,went another day there were small children home and gave us the grannys number,when i phoned her pumzile spoke to
refused after starting the interview, cleared with Ayanda
refused after starting the interview, respondent lost interest when I started to ask her dates of birth for each and every member in the household, cleared with Ayanda
respondant didn't want to go further with the interview and said to speak to mom but hh and random but they refused i spoke to ayanda
respondent and his wife agreed to do the survey after I started doing the roster wife asked me to stop and said she is not comfortable with the questions. she said it's personal why am I asking how old they are, which year they are born, she sa
respondent answered very well,but his wife was very rude,said what kind of research is this,said she was going to phone the hq and complain abt the time i took with her husband,
respondent did not include her daughter's family that lives with them.
respondent didn't wish to give surnames.
respondent didnot want to continue with foods consumed,she was pregnant and got agitated me asking her these questions,felt threatened as well because they are foreigners
respondent doesn't consume food in his household
respondent first agreed to do the interview but when i started interview he got all aggressive and said I'm asking all personal questions
respondent gets most of her food items for free from people she volunteers to help. she also eats out at friends homes therefore her food quantity consumed at home is less. her son is gone away to study from the beginning of this month and will
respondent got angry wen i asked if they stil gona stay there in the nxt two mnths and also wen i asked about their parents spoke to ayand
respondent got irritated towards end of interview. says questions are too personal and her husband and son will not agree to do this as they are cheeky. says they will not approve of her participating in so many personal questions. I asked if I
respondent is living with another tenant they don't pay anything towards electricity and water as their employer offers the home free of charge.
respondent is vegetarian therefore she didn't prepare any meat dishes for the last week, her husband is non vegetarian but eats whatever his wife prepares for herself. he eats eggs.
respondent refused to answer other expenses,said these are private and personal
respondent refused to say if she would like to apply for ownership document.
respondent said this questionaire is getting to personal,i was standing in the sun and interviewing her,she was standing at her balcony and me by the toad in the sun,when it came to consumption ,she said whats wrong ,u asking me so petsonal que
respondent said too personal,said dont want to continue,spoke to ayanda
respondent says her brother is her landlord so she pays 2500 including electricity and water.
respondent was not comfortable with the interview
respondent was reluctant to answer the non food and other expenses
respondent was very hesitant and afraid to answer
respondent was very rude and said i have only 10 minutes toconduct interview and then told me to get up and leave and also she refused for the random and head and said that its her property no 15 and no 17 are one household
revisit
revisit revisit, OK
revisit, OK
revisit, OK 701 does not exist no 52 was assigned
revisit, OK, thandokwakhe is the household HEAD
revisit, ok
revisit, revisit, OK
revisit, revisit, long-term unavailable
revisit, revisit, respondent memory is slightly disturbed his was not too sure with his answers and he has a hearing problem, I had to speak louder during the interview
revisit, revisit, this respondent is mentally disturbed
revisit, revisit,OK
revisit,OK
she refused to continue with the interview after starting it. she said she doesn't have Identify documents so it would be useless for her because she won't get anything out of this survey. Ayanda has been contacted already.
she said she payed 14000 for the title deed
she's got a hearing problem
swapped questionnaire with HHID 11206 (Completed Household). Contacted HQ
the choosen random is not mentally fit to answer,i choose next person from list of numbers
the first time didn't complete the interview because the wife was rushing to work when I got back I found both the wife and the husband and the husband refused he said he is tied of these surveys because they don't benefit on anything #talked t
the main respondent made it clear that she does not want to participate in the survey because they always do the surveys but they do not get any feedback.
the neighbour explained that the house is empty due to the owner being in the hospital and had been there for a while
the respondent is sotho speaking so it was kind of difficult communicating
the respondent lives alone and but does not work and is not specific about how he generates his income.
these questioners was lost in the server
they didnt understand what i was asking them
they were rushing somewhere and they thought these survey is waste of time asking irrelevant questions # talked to Ayanda
this is one of the 2 household that you sent me to replace the one that was not found and was repeated. that house hold address was 276. now I recorded 275 under HH ID number 8510.
water and electricity is included to the rent
we made an appointment for Saturday,we meet today and finished
whilst interviewing this respondent a lady came and said i must not worry ppl that are coming into the flat,few minutes later his phn rang and he said hes coming back,but didnt,didnt give his number ,told ayanda
yes you correct there is no random, but I don't understand the comment maybe there is something that I don't I am not aware off.
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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