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South Africa - General Household Survey 2007

Overview
Identification
Country
South Africa
Title
General Household Survey 2007

Study Type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

ID Number
zaf-statssa-ghs-2007-v1.2
Version
Version Description
v1.2 Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution

Production Date
2007
Overview
Abstract
The GHS is an annual household survey, specifically designed to measure various aspects of the living circumstances of South African households. The key findings reported here focus on the five broad areas covered by the GHS, namely: education, health, activities related to work and unemployment, housing and household access to services and facilities.

Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis
The units of anaylsis for the General Household Survey 2007 are individuals and households.

Scope
Notes
The scope of the General Household Survey 2007 includes:

Household characteristics: Dwelling type, home ownership, access to water and sanitation facilities, access to services, transport, household assets, land ownership, agricultural production

Individuals' characteristics: demographic characteristics, relationship to household head, marital status, language, education, employment, income, health, disability, access to social services, mortality.

Women's characteristics: fertility

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
employment [3.1] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
in-job training [3.2] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
labour relations/conflict [3.3] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
retirement [3.4] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
unemployment [3.5] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
working conditions [3.6] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
TRADE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS [2] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The scope of the General Household Survey 2007 was national coverage.

Universe
The survey covered all de jure household members (usual residents) of households in the nine provinces of South Africa and residents in workers' hostels. The survey does not cover collective living quarters such as students' hostels, old age homes, hospitals, prisons and military barracks.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Statistics South Africa
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviation Affiliation Role
DataFirstUniversity of Cape TownMetadata Producer
Date of Metadata Production
2011-10-11
DDI Document Version
Version 1.1

DDI Document ID
ddi-zaf-datafirst-ghs-2007-v1.1
Technical Information
Datasets
DDI Metadata in XML