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South Africa General Household Survey 2021

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
GHS 2021
Provider 
DataFirst
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Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
09/2021 - 12/2021
Series or system 
South Africa General Household Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • De jure
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

"The General Household Survey (GHS) is an annual household survey which measures the living circumstances of South African households. The GHS collects data on education, health, and social development, housing, access to services and facilities, food security, and agriculture." Source: DataFirst

Keywords 
Agriculture, Assets, Asthma, COVID-19, Cooking fuels, Diabetes, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Food security, Health care access, Health insurance, Health promotion, Hearing loss, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Hypertension, Income, Internet, Languages, Lighting, Limited mobility, Literacy, Livestock, Living conditions, Marital status, Mental health symptoms, Parental survival, Private health facilities, Private social assistance, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Race, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Stroke, Telephones, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unemployment, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 12, 2025