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META-DATA FOR THE HOUSEHOLD FILE: Section 2

Notes for users
Each household, hostel and institution was asked ‘What type of energy/fuel does this household (hostel/institution) MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting?’. A table gave the response options for each of the three tasks. Respondents were instructed to only circle one code for each task. The list of options was slightly different for each variable according to what was applicable. If the response of ‘Other’, provision was made for a response to be written in but, if it couldn’t be related to one of the other response options, it was just coded as ‘Other’.
The response list included the following detail for the first two categories (the terms have been summarised for output purposes):

• Electricity direct from municipality/local authority or Eskom
• Electricity from other source, eg. generator, solar cell

Source
Household questionnaire: QB2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Q2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Q2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this institution MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All households, hostels and institutions

Final code list
0 Other
1 Electricity direct from authority
2 Electricity from other source
3 Gas
4 Paraffin
5 Wood
6 Coal
8 Animal dung
9 Unspecified/Dummy

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
See Fuel used for cooking

Source
Household questionnaire: QB2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Q2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Q2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this institution MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All households, hostels and institutions

Final code list
0 Other
1 Electricity direct from authority
2 Electricity from other source
3 Gas
4 Paraffin
5 Wood
6 Coal
8 Animal dung
9 Unspecified/Dummy

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
See Fuel used for cooking

Source
Household questionnaire: QB2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Q2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this household MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Q2.1 What type of energy/fuel does this institution MAINLY use for cooking, heating and lighting? (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All households, hostels and institutions

Final code list
0 Other
1 Electricity direct from authority
2 Electricity from other source
3 Gas
4 Paraffin
7 Candles
9 Unspecified/Dummy

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
Each household, hostel and institution was asked about their main water supply. The options given varied slightly for households and hostels/institutions:
Piped (tap) water, in dwelling Piped (tap) water, for each housing-unit in the hostel/institution
Piped (tap) water, on site or in yard Piped (tap) water, on site or yard of hostel/institution
Public tap Shared tap/s for residents
Water-carrier/tanker Water-carrier/tanker
Borehole/rain-water tank/well Borehole/rain-water tank/well
Dam/river/stream/spring Dam/river/stream/spring
Other Other

Source
Household questionnaire: QB2.2 What is this household’s main water supply? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Q2.2 What is this hostel’s main water supply? (pre-coded)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Q2.2 What is this institution’s main water supply? (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All households, hostels and institutions

Final code list
1 Piped water in dwelling
2 Piped water on site
3 Public tap
4 Water-carrier/tanker
5 Borehole/rain-water tank/well
6 Dam/river/stream/spring
7 Other
9 Unspecified/Dummy

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
Each household, hostel and institution was asked about the toilet facilities available. The responses were the same for all questionnaires (except the plural was used in hostels and institutions). The instructions on all questionnaires noted that only one option was to be circled.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB2.3 What type of toilet facility is available? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Q2.3 What type of toilet is available? (pre-coded)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Q2.3 What type of toilet is available? (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All households, hostels and institutions

Final code list
1 Flush or chemical toilet
2 Pit latrine
3 Bucket latrine
4 None of the above
9 Unspecified/Dummy

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
Each household, hostel and institution was asked how the refuse or rubbish of the household/hostel/institution was disposed of. The responses were the same for all questionnaires, with the exception of the category ‘No rubbish disposal’ which appeared as ‘None of the above’ on hostel and institution questionnaires.
If the response was ‘Other’, provision was made for a response to be written in but, if it couldn’t be related to one of the other response options, it was just coded as ‘Other’.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB2.4 How is the refuse or rubbish of this household disposed of? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Q2.4 How is the refuse or rubbish of this hostel disposed of? (pre-coded)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Q2.4 How is the refuse or rubbish of this institution disposed of? (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All households, hostels and institutions

Final code list
1 Removed by local authority at least weekly
2 Removed by local authority less often
3 Communal refuse dump
4 Own refuse dump
5 No rubbish disposal
6 Other
9 Unspecified/Dummy

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
Households were asked ‘Where do members of this household mainly use a telephone?’ and a list of six options was provided.
Hostels and institutions were asked ‘ Is there at least one telephone on this premises that residents can use?’ with ‘yes’ and ‘no’ being the valid responses.
Thus, as the questions differed for households and hostels/institutions, the data should be analysed separately.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB2.5 Where do members of this household mainly use a telephone? (pre-coded)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Q2.5 Is there at least one telephone on this premises that residents can use? (pre-coded)
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Q2.5 Is there at least one telephone on this premises that residents can use? (pre-coded)

Applicable population
All households, hostels and institutions

Final code list
1 Household: In this dwelling/cellular phone
2 Household: At a neighbour nearby
3 Household: At a public telephone nearby
4 Household: At another location nearby
5 Household: At another location not nearby
6 Household: No access to a telephone
7 Hostel/Institution: Telephone on premises
8 Hostel/Institution: No telephone on premises
9 Unspecified/Dummy

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
Households were asked two questions about additional income received (apart from that already listed as individual income):

• Think of any additional money that this household generates, and that has not been included in the previous section. (For example, the sale of home-grown produce or home-brewed beer or cattle or the rental of property). Please indicate this total amount, if anything, during the past year (1 October 1995 – 30 September 1996). If none enter "0".
• If this household receives any remittances or payments (for example money sent back home by someone working or living elsewhere or alimony). Please indicate the total received during the past year (1 October 1995 – 30 September 1996). If none enter "0".

The first of these is the current variable, ‘Additional money generated’. The second is the next variable, ‘Remittances received’.
These variables are used along with the information on individual income to generate an estimate of household income. See Derived household income for more information. They are included on the SuperCross database in summary format but calculations using the raw data can be obtained as a special request.

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.1 Please indicate this total amount, if anything, during the past year (write in)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Not included
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Not included

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 None
2 R1-R2 400
3 R2 401-R6 000
4 R6 001-R12 000
5 R12 001-R18 000
6 R18 001-R30 000
7 R30 001-R42 000
8 R42 001-R54 000
9 R54 001-R72 000
10 R72 001-R96 000
11 R96 001-R132 000
12 R132 001-R192 000
13 R192 001-R360 000
14 R360 001 or more
99 Unspecified/Dummy
98 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
See Additional money generated

Source
Household questionnaire: QB1.2 Please indicate the total received during the past year (write in)
Summary questionnaire for hostels: Not included
Special enumeration questionnaire for institutions: Not included

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 None
2 R1-R2 400
3 R2 401-R6 000
4 R6 001-R12 000
5 R12 001-R18 000
6 R18 001-R30 000
7 R30 001-R42 000
8 R42 001-R54 000
9 R54 001-R72 000
10 R72 001-R96 000
11 R96 001-R132 000
12 R132 001-R192 000
13 R192 001-R360 000
14 R360 001 or more
99 Unspecified/Dummy
98 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
This variable reflects the highest stated individual income (if any) earned in each household. It can be used as a rough indicator of the financial status of a household. Derived household income may be a more complete measure of financial well-being of a household but it involves various assumptions and is not as reliable as this variable.

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 None
2 R1-R2 400
3 R2 401-R6 000
4 R6 001-R12 000
5 R12 001-R18 000
6 R18 001-R30 000
7 R30 001-R42 000
8 R42 001-R54 000
9 R54 001-R72 000
10 R72 001-R96 000
11 R96 001-R132 000
12 R132 001-R192 000
13 R192 001-R360 000
14 R360 001 or more
99 Unspecified/Dummy
98 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
Once the person with the highest income in the household has been determined, some of their key demographic characteristics (gender and population group) are also extracted. Separate codes were allocated if more than one person had the same (highest) income or if income was unspecified for all persons.
See also Gender

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 Male
2 Female
3 More than 1 person
4 No person identified
9 Unspecified/Dummy
8 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
See Gender of highest income earner and Population group

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 African/Black
2 Coloured
3 Indian/Asian
4 White
6 More than 1 person
7 No person identified
9 Unspecified/Dummy
8 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
‘Derived household income’ was calculated by adding together all recorded individual incomes of household members, plus the household’s additional income and remittances received. Because individual income was recorded in intervals rather than exact amounts, an approximate amount had to be estimated for the calculations as follows:

• for the first class, the amount was the midpoint of the class interval,
• for the last class, the amount was based on the trend observed in prevous class intervals,
• for the other classes, the amount was calculated as the logarithmic mean of the top and bottom of the given interval.

If ‘Individual income’ was missing for a member of the household aged under 15, the income for the child was set to 0. However, if a member of the household aged 15 years or older had income missing, the ‘Derived household income’ was set to missing as there was insufficient information for the estimate to be reliable. If ‘Additional money generated’ or ‘Remittances received’ were missing, then they were set to 0.

Source
Derived from Individual income, Additional money generated and Remittances received

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 None
2 R1-R2 400
3 R2 401-R6 000
4 R6 001-R12 000
5 R12 001-R18 000
6 R18 001-R30 000
7 R30 001-R42 000
8 R42 001-R54 000
9 R54 001-R72 000
10 R72 001-R96 000
11 R96 001-R132 000
12 R132 001-R192 000
13 R192 001-R360 000
14 R360 001 or more
99 Unspecified/Dummy
98 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
Some key characteristics of the person recorded as head of household have been copied across to the household file. These are: gender, age, population group, highest education level, employment status and occupation.
See also Gender

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 Male
2 Female
9 Unspecified/Dummy
N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
See Gender of head of household and Age

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
15-119 Stated
999 Unspecified/Invalid/Dummy
998 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
Most analysis is usually done on 5 year age groups:
15-64 in 5 year age groups
65+
Unspecified/Invalid/Dummy
N/A: Institution/hostel

Notes for users
See Gender of head of household and Population group

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 African/Black
2 Coloured
3 Indian/Asian
4 White
9 Unspecified/Dummy
8 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
None needed

Notes for users
See Gender of head of household and Highest education level

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
1 No schooling
2 Grade 0
3 Grade 1
4 Grade 2
5 Grade 3
6 Grade 4
7 Grade 5
8 Grade 6
9 Grade 7
10 Grade 8
11 Grade 9
12 Grade 10
13 Grade 11
14 Less than matric & certif/dip
15 Matric only
16 Matric & certificate
17 Matric & diploma
18 Matric & Bachelor’s
19 Matric & Bachelor’s & diploma
20 Matric & Bachelor’s & honours
21 Matric & Master’s
22 Matric & Doctor’s
23 Matric & Other qualification
99 Unspecified/Dummy
98 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
As for Highest education level

Notes for users
See Gender of head of household and Employment status

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
01 Employed
02 Unemployed, looking for work
03 Not working – not looking for work
04 Not working – housewife/home-maker
06 Not working – scholar/full-time student
07 Not working – pensioner/retired person
08 Not working – disabled person
09 Not working – not wishing to work
10 Not working – none of the above
99 Unspecified/Dummy
98 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
Not needed

Notes for users
See Gender of head of household and Occupation

Source
Derived from census records for persons.

Applicable population
All households

Final code list
As for Occupation
999 Unspecified/Dummy
988 N/A: Institution/hostel

Standard recodes available
As for Occupation

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