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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Income sources (Q89bMain)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 331
End: 331
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which one of the above income sources is the main source of income?
Categories
Value Category
1 Salaries/wages/commission
2 Income from a business
3 Remittances
4 Pensions
5 Grants
6 Sales of farm products and services
7 Other income sources e.g. rental income, interest
8 No income
9 Unspecified
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
This question is applicable to all households and seeks to establish the main source of income in the selected dwelling units. The instruction to the enumerator is to ask for the main source of income, even in cases where more than one is applicable.

Description

Universe
All households in the selected dwelling units that have an income.
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