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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na - person who hurt respondent most often (d116)
Data file: ZAIR71FL
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
6995
loc_end_pos:
6996
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 96
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | no one else ever physically hurt respondent |
| 1 | blank (husband/partner skipped for this question) |
| 2 | mother |
| 3 | father |
| 4 | daughter |
| 5 | son |
| 6 | sister |
| 7 | brother |
| 8 | other female relatives |
| 9 | other male relatives |
| 10 | former partner |
| 11 | current boyfriend |
| 12 | former boyfriend |
| 13 | step-mother |
| 14 | step-father |
| 15 | mother-in-law |
| 16 | father-in-law |
| 17 | other female in-laws |
| 18 | other male in-laws |
| 19 | female friend, acquaintance |
| 20 | male friend, acquaintance |
| 21 | neighbor |
| 22 | teacher |
| 23 | employer |
| 27 | stranger |
| 28 | other female relative/in-law |
| 29 | other male relative/in-law |
| 30 | friend |
| 31 | police |
| 95 | no response (d115y=6) |
| 96 | other |
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.