Demographic and Health Survey 2016
South Africa

South Africa, 2016

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zaf-doh-statssa-dhs-2016-v1

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National Department of Health, Medical Research Council, Statistics South Africa

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Data file: ZAPR71FL

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 367

loc_end_pos: 368

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 98

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	old age (60-74; r1350; 75+; r1370)
2	disability (18-59 ; r1350)
3	child support (0-17; r315)
4	care dependency (0-17; r1350)
5	foster child (<22; r830)
6	war veteran (60+; r1370)
7	in-aid + old age (60-74; r1850; 75+; r1870)
8	in-aid + disability (18-59; r1850)
9	in-aid + war veteran (60+; r1870)
10	social relief or distress
98	don't know

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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