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South Africa Community Survey 2016

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General Info
Provider 
Statistics South Africa
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Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2016 - 05/2016
Series or system 
South Africa Community Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Community
  • Household
  • Interview
Summary 

The South African Community Survey conducted in 2016 aimed to collection information on population estimations, demographic characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and services and facilities access. The survey sample was comprised of the non-institutional population in the country, excluding populations such as those in hospital care, old age homes, orphanages, boarding schools, prisons, and refugee camps. The final sample size consisted of 1,370,809 dwelling units from 93,427 enumeration areas.

The Community Survey was initiated to provide data at lower geographical areas in South Africa. Reports and documentation are available from Statistics South Africa.

Keywords 
Absenteeism, Agriculture, Assets, Breastfeeding, Cooking fuels, Crime, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Health care access, Health status, Hearing aids, Homicide, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Household heat, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, International migration, Internet, Languages, Lighting, Summary birth history, Live births, Livestock, Living conditions, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Mobility aids, Mortality, Parental survival, Population characteristics, Private social assistance, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Religion, Safety, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sense organ diseases, Sensory aids, Stillbirths, Telephones, Transportation, Unemployment, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023