General Household Survey [South Africa], 2002

The main purpose of the General Household Survey (GHS) is to measure the level of development and performance of various government programmes and projects. This report specifically aims at providing national indicators on various living conditions such as access to services and facilities, education and health, for 2002. It also draws comparisons between the GHS 2002 results and the Census 2001 results. A multi-stage stratified sample was drawn to run the GHS in 2002. In the initial stages, probability proportional to size principles were applied. The first stage was stratification by province, then by type of area within each province (urban or non-urban). Primary sampling units (PSUs) were then selected within each stratum. The smaller provinces were given a disproportionately large number of PSUs compared to the bigger provinces. Systematic sampling was then applied within each PSU to select 10 dwelling units (including units in hostels), as ultimate sampling units. All households at the selected dwelling units were interviewed. A sample comprised 30 000 dwelling units. Out of these, 1 313 dwelling units were found to be out of scope. Of the valid dwelling units, 3 439 households did not respond and 26 287 responded. There are 4 data files. House data: 26, 243 cases (and records); Person data: 102, 461 cases (and records); Stratum_psu (Stratum and PSU numbers): 2, 972 cases (and records); Worker data: 69, 585 cases (and records). General Household Survey Version Date: nullVersion Text: Statistics South Africa Subject: STANDARD DEPOSIT TERMS 1.0 Type: DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD:1.0 Notes: The UCLA Social Science Data Archive (“the Archive”) gives permission and any required licenses to Data-PASS to make the Content available for archiving, preservation and access (with permission of the Archive), within the Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences ("Data-PASS") in accordance with the Data-PASS terms (the "Terms") of use (available from: icpsr.org). Including permission to: (a) redisseminate copies of the Data Collection in a variety of distribution formats only according to the standard terms of use of the Archive; (b) promote and advertise the Data Collection in any publicity (in any form) for Data-PASS and the Archive; (c) describe, catalog, validate and document the Content; (d) store, translate, copy or re-format the Data Collection in any way to ensure its future preservation and accessibility, improve usability and/or protect respondent confidentiality; (e) incorporate metadata (cataloging information) or documentation regarding this study into public access catalogues. The Archive represents and warrants that the Content conforms to all Terms and that the Archive is lawfully entitled and has full authority to license Data-Pass to use the Materials in the ways described in the Terms.;