Demographic and Health Survey 1987
South Africa

South Africa, 1987

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zaf-hsrc-dhs-1987-v1

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Human Sciences Research Council

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Statistics South Africa

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Data file: DHS South Africa 1987_v1

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 21

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
1	Afrikaan
2	English
3	Other Eu
4	Eastern
5	Southern
6	Western
7	Northern
8	Swazi
9	Ndebele
10	Xhosa
11	Zulu
12	Shangana
13	Venda

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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