South African Census 1985

South Africa, 1985

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Population group (race)

Data file: SA Census 1985 Area_d_v1.2

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 15

Range: 1 - 19

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

4.6 POPULATION GROUP - e.g. White, Malay, Indian, South Sotho, etc.

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Value	Category
1	White
2	Cape To
3	Cape To
4	Griquas
5	Other Coloured
6	Chinese
7	Indian
8	Other Asian
9	Xhosa
10	Zulu
11	Swazi
12	South Ndebele
13	North Ndebele
14	North Sotho
15	South Sotho
16	Tswana
17	Shangaan/Tsonga
18	Venda
19	Other Black

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.

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Race of the respondent

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