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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Majority race/ethnicity of household (ZA2001A_RACEH)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 225
End: 225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA01A041 ZA01A401 ZA01A402 ZA01A403 ZA01A404 ZA01A405 ZA01A406 ZA01A407 ZA01A408 ZA01A409 ZA01A410 ZA01A411 ZA01A412 ZA01A413 ZA01A414 ZA01A415 ZA01A416 ZA01A417 ZA01A418 ZA01A419 ZA01A420 ZA01A421 ZA01A422 ZA01A423 ZA01A424 ZA01A425 ZA01A426 ZA01A427 ZA01A428 ZA01A429 ZA01A430 ZA01A431 ZA01A432 ZA01A433 ZA01A434 ZA01A435 ZA01A436 ZA01A437 ZA01A438 ZA01A439 ZA01A476 ZA01A477 ZA01A478 ZA01A479 ZA01A480 ZA01A481 ZA01A482 ZA01A483 ZA01A485"><span class="h1">Section A: Information for persons in the household -- ask of everyone</span><br />[Section A of this form, each question has 10 answer rows for writing individual answers for up to 10 individuals in the household. Only the first is shown here, which is exactly the same as the other nine.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A041 ZA01A407">P-04. Relationship<br /><div class="i1">_ _ What is (the person's) relationship to the head or acting head of the household? The head or acting head is the person listed in row 1 (of the first questionnaire, if more than one questionnaire has been completed for this household). See definition of head in column P-00. Write the appropriate code in the boxes.<br />01 = Head/acting head<br />02 = Husband/wife/partner<br />03 = Son/daughter<br />04 = Adopted child<br />05 = Stepchild<br />06 = Brother/sister<br />07 = Parent<br />08 = Parent-in-law<br />09 = Grand/greatgrand child<br />10 = Son/daughter-in-law<br />11 = Brother/sister-in-law<br />12 = Other relative<br />13 = Non related person</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="ZA01A410" v="ZA01A041 ZA01A410">P-06. Population group<br /><div class="i1">_ How would (the person) describe him/herself in terms of population group?<br />1 = Black African<br />2 = Coloured<br />3 = Indian or Asian<br />4 = White<br />5 = Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="ZA01A410 ZA01A041"><span class="em">Question P-06 -- Population group</span><br /><br /> <span class="em">"How would (the person) describe him/herself in terms of population group?"</span><br /><br /> Read the categories to the respondent.<br /><br /> Ask for everybody even if the population group seems obvious. Remember also that persons of different population groups do sometimes form part of the same household, so you cannot assume the population group of any household member.<br /><br /> There are also cases where the answer may not be not straightforward. Not everyone falls clearly into one of the four categories. The decision always rests with the respondent. Do not suggest anything. For example, the head of the household may be black African and the spouse may be white. They must decide whether or not to describe the children as coloured.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 39]</span><br /><br /> That is their choice. Under no circumstances may the response be queried; it should be accepted as a fact.<br /><br /> The category "Other" is for people who do not see themselves as belonging to any of the four categories listed. In this case write the response in small capital letters (away from the boxes) on the dotted line, and write "5" in the box.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the majority race/ethnicity of the household.
Universe
South Africa 2001: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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