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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relationship to household head (v150)

Data file: ZADV71FL

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 163

loc_end_pos: 164

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 98

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	head
2	wife or husband
3	son/daughter
4	son/daughter-in-law
5	grandchild
6	parent
7	parent-in-law
8	brother/sister
9	co-spouse
10	other relative
11	adopted child
12	not related
13	foster
14	stepchild
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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