Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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HH has place for handwashing (observed) (H_HANDWASHPLOBS)

Data file: ZAF2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 292

End: 293

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
10	None observed in dwelling, yard, plot
20	Yes, observed
21	Yes, observed (fixed place)
22	Yes, observed (mobile place)
96	Don't know, not given permission to see
97	Don't know, not observed for other reason
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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

HANDWASHPLOBS (HV230A) indicates whether the interviewer observed a place that the household uses for handwashing. The related variable HANDWASHPL indicates whether the respondent reported, in response to a direct question, that the household has a place for handwashing.

The information in HANDWASHPLOBS is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Toilet and water Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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