General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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Jun 26, 2017

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Father alive (Q13aFATH)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 47

End: 47

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
3	Don't know
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

The father does not necessarily have to be a member of the household. That means one's father may be alive, but living somewhere outside the selected dwelling unit. For codes 2 and 3 the instruction is to go to Q1.4.a.

Question post text

1 = Yes - Go to Q1.3c

3 = Do not know - Go to Q1.4a

Description

Definition

This question wants to find out if the father is still alive.

Universe

Every person who has stayed in the household in the selected dwelling unit at least four nights per week in the four weeks prior the interview.

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