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South Africa October Household Survey 1997

General Info

Provider 
DataFirst
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
October, 1997 - October, 1997
Data type
Survey: Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The October Household Survey (OHS) 1997 was conducted as part of the annual series that began in 1993. The sample included 150,000 individuals from all population groups living in 30,000 households.

The OHS covered employment, unemployment, and the informal labor market. In addition, the survey provided information on households, dwellings, births, deaths, migration, access to health and social services, safety and well-being of the household, and perceived quality of life.

Keywords 
Absenteeism, Birth place, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Cooking fuels, Crime, Dental care, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Food expenditures, Health care access, Health care services, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Homicide, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Household heat, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, Injuries, International migration, Interpersonal violence, Land ownership, Languages, Live births, Living conditions, Marital status, Mental and behavioral disorders, Multiple births, Occupations, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Poverty, Private social assistance, Public social assistance, Race, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual violence, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tobacco use, Traditional medicine, Training programs, Transportation, Unemployment, Urban ambient air pollution, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply, Working conditions, Occupation codes

Citation

Contributors 
Central Statistical Service (South Africa)
Suggested citation 
Central Statistical Service (South Africa). South Africa October Household Survey 1997.

Source URL: http://ghdx.healthdata.org/record/south-africa-october-household-survey-1997