LIS - South Africa 2008 : household file Codebook generated: 2015-09-26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDENTIFIERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hid unique unit identifier 7296 1 7296 3648.5 2106.32 did unique country/year number -------------------------------------------------- N value 7296 222 dname country/year identifier -------------------------------------------------- N value 7296 "za08" cname country name -------------------------------------------------- N value 7296 "South Africa" iso2 2-letter country abbreviation -------------------------------------------------- N value 7296 "za" year reference year -------------------------------------------------- N value 7296 2008 wave data wave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7296 7 Wave VII ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hwgt household weight (normalised) 7296 0 20.42 1.37 1.7 hpopwgt household weight (inflated) 7296 0.78 29406.13 1973.58 2450.96 svyunit survey unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7296 1 household npers number of persons in survey unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1266 1 1 person 1276 2 2 persons 1234 3 3 persons 1130 4 4 persons 862 5 5 persons 557 6 6 persons 354 7 7 persons 224 8 8 persons 133 9 9 persons 98 10 10 persons 58 11 11 persons 35 12 12 persons 22 13 13 persons 14 14 14 persons 14 15 15 persons 10 16 16 persons 3 17 17 persons 2 18 18 persons 1 19 19 persons 2 23 23 persons 1 25 25 persons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ region_c provinces (the boundaries of 2001 & 2011 Census) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1005 11 Western Cape(2001 & 2011 boundries) 933 22 Eastern Cape(2001 & 2011 boundries) 24 25 Eastern Cape(2001) & KwaZulu-Natal(2011) 486 33 Northern Cape(2001 & 2011 boundries) 455 44 Free State(2001 & 2011 boundries) 1742 55 KwaZulu-Natal(2001 & 2011 boundries) 83 63 North West(2001) & Northern Cape(2011) 485 66 North West(2001 & 2011 boundries) 43 67 North West(2001) & Gauteng (2011) 888 77 Gauteng(2001 & 2011 boundries) 474 88 Mpumalanga(2001 & 2011 boundries) 24 89 Mpumalanga(2001) & Limpopo(2011) 78 98 Limpopo(2001) & Mpumalanga(2011) 576 99 Limpopo(2001 & 2011 boundries) NOTES: 1. [za08] First digit refers to the 2001-boundreis and the second digit refers to the 2011-boundries. rural rural area (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3801 0 not rural area 3495 1 rural area NOTES: 1. [za08] Rural areas refers to formal rural areas and tribal authority areas that are based on 2001 Census. area_c geographical type classifications (2001 & 2011 Census) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 38 11 rural formal (2001) & traditional (2011) 55 12 rural formal (2001) & urban (2011) 763 13 rural formal (2001) & farms (2011) 2494 21 tribal authority areas (2001) & traditional (2011) 65 22 tribal authority areas (2001) & urban (2011) 80 23 tribal authority areas (2001) & farms (2011)| 45 31 urban formal (2001) & traditional (2011) 3224 32 urban formal (2001) & urban (2011) 25 33 urban formal (2001) & farms (2011) 37 41 urban informal (2001) & traditional (2011) 470 42 urban informal (2001) & urban (2011) NOTES: 1. [za08] First digit refers to the 2001-Census classifications and the second digit refers to the 2011-Census classifications. For classifications based on 2011 Census, the category 'traditional' refers to communally-owned land under the jurisdiction of traditional leaders. Settlements within these areas are villages. The category 'farms' refers to land allocated for and used for commercial farming including the structures and infrastructure on it. The areas are identified by farm- and farm portion cadastre from the Surveyor General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DWELLING CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ own owned/rented housing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 49 100 owned 4766 110 owned outright 568 120 owned with mortgage 10 200 not owned 1059 210 rented 842 220 free housing 2 . dweltyp type of dwelling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 5522 100 house 157 120 non-detached house 350 200 multi-unit residential building 265 210 apartment/flat 139 220 other multi-unit 9 310 movable dwelling 754 320 informal dwelling 100 . Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dwelval value of dwelling 2817 0 2.5e+07 372594 1600000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FARMING CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ farm farm household (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 6012 0 not farm household 1280 1 farm household 4 . NOTES: 1. [za08] Farm household refers to households that had grown food/raised livestock outside of paid employment in last year. farming farming activity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 117 100 runs a farming activity 399 110 grows crops, owns livestock 416 120 grows crops, does not own livestock 331 130 owns livestock, does not grow crops 6029 200 does not run a farming activity 4 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ hhtype household composition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1273 100 one person household 539 210 couple without children 1284 220 couple with children 942 230 one parent with children 178 310 couple without children and relatives 769 320 couple with children and relatives 1255 330 one parent with children and relatives 819 400 relatives living together (no family nucleus) 5 510 couple without children and nonrelatives 18 520 couple with children and nonrelatives 18 530 one parent with children and nonrelatives 2 610 couple without children and relatives and nonrelatives 27 620 couple with children and relatives and nonrelatives 51 630 one parent with children and relatives and nonrelatives 21 700 relatives and nonrelatives living together (no family nucleus) 53 800 nonrelatives living together 24 900 head and other 2 910 couple without children and other 7 920 couple with children and other 9 930 one parent with children and other hpartner head living with partner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 78 100 head living with partner 2097 110 married couple 657 120 non-married cohabiting couple 4464 200 head not living with partner nhhmem number of household members -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1273 1 1 hh member 1277 2 2 hh members 1229 3 3 hh members 1131 4 4 hh members 864 5 5 hh members 556 6 6 hh members 353 7 7 hh members 220 8 8 hh members 134 9 9 hh members 97 10 10 hh members 59 11 11 hh members 34 12 12 hh members 22 13 13 hh members 14 14 14 hh members 14 15 15 hh members 10 16 16 hh members 3 17 17 hh members 2 18 18 hh members 1 19 19 hh members 2 23 23 hh members 1 25 25 hh members nhhmem65 number of household members 65 or older -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 5727 0 no hh members 65 or older 1237 1 1 hh member 65 or older 257 2 2 hh members 65 or older 2 3 3 hh members 65 or older 1 4 4 hh members 65 or older 72 . nhhmem17 number of household members 17 or younger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2606 0 no hh members 17 or younger 1489 1 1 hh member 17 or younger 1364 2 2 hh member 17 or younger 863 3 3 hh member 17 or younger 415 4 4 hh member 17 or younger 246 5 5 hh member 17 or younger 105 6 6 hh member 17 or younger 74 7 7 hh member 17 or younger 34 8 8 hh member 17 or younger 16 9 9 hh member 17 or younger 7 10 10 hh member 17 or younger 2 11 11 hh member 17 or younger 2 12 12 hh member 17 or younger 1 13 13 hh member 17 or younger 72 . nhhmem13 number of household members 13 or younger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3057 0 no hh members 13 or younger 1707 1 1 hh member 13 or younger 1249 2 2 hh member 13 or younger 672 3 3 hh member 13 or younger 278 4 4 hh member 13 or younger 139 5 5 hh member 13 or younger 64 6 6 hh member 13 or younger 36 7 7 hh member 13 or younger 12 8 8 hh member 13 or younger 7 9 9 hh member 13 or younger 1 11 11 hh member 13 or younger 2 12 12 hh member 13 or younger 72 . nhhmem5 number of household members 5 or younger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 4569 0 no hh members 5 or younger 1796 1 1 hh member 5 or younger 619 2 2 hh member 5 or younger 177 3 3 hh member 5 or younger 52 4 4 hh member 5 or younger 6 5 5 hh member 5 or younger 2 6 6 hh member 5 or younger 3 8 8 hh member 5 or younger 72 . Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ageymem age of youngest household member 7224 0 99 17.62 19.17 nearn number of household members with labour income -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2593 0 no hh members with labour income 2666 1 1 hh member with labour income 928 2 2 hh members with labour income 190 3 3 hh members with labour income 46 4 4 hh members with labour income 11 5 5 hh members with labour income 1 6 6 hh members with labour income 861 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CURRENT INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: hmil: 1. [za08] imputed for households with non-respondents (fhimpu==1). hilsf: 1. [za08] This variable includes the monetary and non-monetary farm self-employment income net of total (monetary and non-monetary) operating cost. hmic: 1. [za08] capital income is not available for households with non-respondents (fhimpu==1). hmitsilo: 1. [za08] Mixed categories: includes also some private retirement annuities. hmitsapo: 1. [za08] includes imputed amount for households with non-respondents (fhimpu==1). hmitsafa: 1. [za08] includes imputed amount for households with non-respondents (fhimpu==1). hmiatold: 1. [za08] Mixed categories: includes also some private retirement annuities. 2. [za08] includes imputed amount for households with non-respondents (fhimpu==1). Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hi total income, household 6912 0 1690000 51649.9 104227 hil labour income, household 7107 0 1690000 40955.6 99144.5 hile paid employment income, household 6225 0 1690000 35024.3 95139.9 hmile paid employment income, household, monetary 6225 0 1690000 35024.3 95139.9 hiler regular paid employment income, household 6225 0 1690000 33680.2 93630.4 hmiler regular paid employment income, household, monetary 6225 0 1690000 33680.2 93630.4 hilerb basic wages and salaries, household 6225 0 1680000 32238.8 89513.7 hmilerb basic wages and salaries, household, monetary 6225 0 1680000 32238.8 89513.7 hilers wage supplements, household 6225 0 584000 1441.38 9508.99 hmilers wage supplements, household, monetary 6225 0 584000 1441.38 9508.99 hilec casual paid employment income, household 6225 0 1200000 1344.1 17341.5 hmilec casual paid employment income, household, monetary 6225 0 1200000 1344.1 17341.5 hils self-employment income, household 6225 0 6e+05 4407.48 29069.9 hilsf farm self-employment income, household 6225 0 43000 109.57 1256.52 hic capital income, household 7107 0 504000 1200.23 12685.2 hmic capital income, household , monetary 7107 0 504000 1200.23 12685.2 hicid interest and dividends, household 7107 0 360000 680.71 8247.54 hmicid interest and dividends, household, monetary 7107 0 360000 680.71 8247.54 hicren rental income, household 7107 0 480000 519.53 9051.66 hmicren rental income, household, monetary 7107 0 480000 519.53 9051.66 hit transfer income, household 6912 0 421050 9424.03 19143.5 hmit transfer income, household, monetary 7004 0 408000 9167.16 17502.9 hnit transfer income, household, non-monetary 6971 0 71000 88.62 1482.84 hits social security transfers, household 7061 0 408000 8402.18 17233.3 hmits social security transfers, household, monetary 7061 0 408000 8402.18 17233.3 hitsi work-related insurance transfers, household 7062 0 389624 1904.04 14217.8 hmitsi work-related insurance transfers, household, monetary 7062 0 389624 1904.04 14217.8 hitsil long-term insurance transfers, household 7107 0 389624 1708.06 13600.1 hmitsil long-term insurance transfers, household, monetary 7107 0 389624 1708.06 13600.1 hitsilo ccupational pensions, household 7107 0 389624 1708.06 13600.1 hmitsilo occupational pensions, household, monetary 7107 0 389624 1708.06 13600.1 hitsis short-term insurance transfers, household 7068 0 150000 125.32 2483.74 hmitsis short-term insurance transfers, household, monetary 7068 0 150000 125.32 2483.74 hitsu universal benefits, household 7107 0 72000 299.58 2172.73 hmitsu universal benefits, household, monetary 7107 0 72000 299.58 2172.73 hitsufa family/child universal benefits, household 7107 0 72000 299.58 2172.73 hmitsufa family/child universal benefits, household, monetary 7107 0 72000 299.58 2172.73 hitsufaca child allowances, household 7107 0 48960 238.86 1850.87 hmitsufaca child allowances, household, monetary 7107 0 48960 238.86 1850.87 hitsufacc non-work related child care benefits, household 7107 0 72000 60.72 1090.01 hmitsufacc non-work related child care benefits, household, monetary 7107 0 72000 60.72 1090.01 hitsa assistance benefits, household 7105 0 204000 6193.11 8764.92 hmitsa assistance benefits, household, monetary 7105 0 204000 6193.11 8764.92 hitsap old-age/disability/survivors assistance pensions, household 7105 0 204000 4479.34 8052.13 hmitsap old-age/disability/survivors assistance pensions, household, monetary 7105 0 204000 4479.34 8052.13 hitsapo old-age assistance pensions, household 7105 0 204000 3200.08 6919.24 hmitsapo old-age assistance pensions, household, monetary 7105 0 204000 3200.08 6919.24 hitsapd disability assistance pensions, household 7107 0 72000 1280.37 4182.07 hmitsapd disability assistance pensions, household, monetary 7107 0 72000 1280.37 4182.07 hitsafa family/maternity/child assistance, household 7107 0 49800 1713.29 3035.77 hmitsafa family/maternity/child assistance, household, monetary 7107 0 49800 1713.29 3035.77 hitp private transfers, household 6956 0 156000 849.7 4637.87 hmitp private transfers, household, monetary 7049 0 156000 790.91 4265.52 hnitp private transfers, household, non-monetary 6971 0 71000 88.62 1482.84 hitpih inter-household transfers, household 6956 0 156000 849.7 4637.87 hmitpih inter-household transfers, household, monetary 7049 0 156000 790.91 4265.52 hnitpih inter-household transfers, household, non-monetary 6971 0 71000 88.62 1482.84 hiatold old-age transfers, household 7105 0 408000 4901.57 15933.3 hmiatold old-age transfers, household, monetary 7105 0 408000 4901.57 15933.3 hiatdis disability transfers, household 7107 0 72000 1280.37 4182.07 hmiatdis disability transfers, household, monetary 7107 0 72000 1280.37 4182.07 hiatfam family/children transfers, household 7107 0 72000 2012.87 3809.51 hmiatfam family/children transfers, household, monetary 7107 0 72000 2012.87 3809.51 hiatwic work-injury compensation, household 7090 0 151200 80.56 2410.49 hmiatwic work-injury compensation, household, monetary 7090 0 151200 80.56 2410.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDFALL INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hwl windfall labour income, household 7296 0 3600000 1096.95 50304.2 hmwl windfall labour income, household, monetary 7296 0 3600000 1096.95 50304.2 hwle windfall employee income, household 7296 0 3600000 1096.95 50304.2 hmwle windfall employee income, household, monetary 7296 0 3600000 1096.95 50304.2 hwt windfall transfer income, household 7296 0 1.8e+07 5194.9 257516 hwtin inheritances, household 7296 0 1.8e+07 4679.39 256105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NON-CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hxit income taxes and social contributions, household 6225 0 1560000 7191.96 38463.6 hmxit income taxes and social contributions, household, monetary 6225 0 1560000 7191.96 38463.6 hxih inter-household transfers paid, household 2530 0 4333329 3404.39 86696.4 hmxih inter-household transfers paid, household, monetary 2530 0 3999996 2982.09 79714.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONSUMPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hc total consumption, household 7276 -44833 1603802 45871.8 85055.2 hmc total consumption, household, monetary 7296 -53629 1510656 37260.8 73244 hnc total consumption, household, non-monetary 7276 0 480240 8593.38 20646.5 hcfood food and non-alcoholic beverages, household 7296 -53373 165420 10207.6 8936.27 hmcfood food and non-alcoholic beverages, household, monetary 7296 -59628 165420 10190.2 8943.72 hncfood food and non-alcoholic beverages, household, non-monetary 7296 0 6255 17.46 141.39 hcalco alcohol and tobacco, household 7296 0 96000 728.69 2584.37 hmcalco alcohol and tobacco, household, monetary 6177 0 96000 860.7 2788.45 hcapp clothing and footwear, household 7296 0 370996 1011.33 5924.4 hmcapp clothing and footwear, household, monetary 6177 0 370996 1194.54 6421.76 hchous housing and utilities, household 7276 0 480960 12109.2 23522.4 hmchous housing and utilities, household, monetary 6177 0 115200 3919.78 8796.03 hnchous housing and utilities, household, non-monetary 7276 0 480000 8575.87 20644.8 hchousa actual rent, household 7296 0 108000 1337.91 6537.07 hmchousa actual rent, household, monetary 7296 0 108000 1337.91 6537.07 hchousi imputed rent, household 7276 0 480000 8575.87 20644.8 hnchousi imputed rent, household, non-monetary 7276 0 480000 8575.87 20644.8 hcequip housing equipment, household 7296 0 1104000 2686.74 21038.6 hmcequip housing equipment, household, monetary 6177 0 1104000 3173.46 22831.4 hcmed health, household 7296 0 243360 1541.63 7028.55 hmcmed health, household, monetary 6177 0 243360 1820.9 7605.42 hctran transport, household 7296 0 562800 3669.56 15610.4 hmctran transport, household, monetary 6177 0 562800 4334.32 16880.6 hccomm communication, household 7296 0 116400 1020 3839.02 hmccomm communication, household, monetary 6177 0 116400 1204.78 4145.57 hccult recreation and culture, household 7296 0 74400 667.7 2878.96 hmccult recreation and culture, household, monetary 6177 0 74400 788.66 3113.63 hceduc education, household 7296 0 666000 2261.75 15368.2 hmceduc education, household, monetary 6177 0 666000 2671.48 16669.7 hcresto restaurants and hotels, household 7296 0 492000 622.47 8482.1 hmcresto restaurants and hotels, household, monetary 6177 0 492000 735.23 9214.05 hcmisc miscellaneous goods and services, household 7296 0 254340 2679.7 9810.22 hmcmisc miscellaneous goods and services, household, monetary 6177 0 254340 3165.14 10589.7 hcbown home production for own use, household 7296 0 73260 77.41 1102.47 hncbown home production for own use, household, non-monetary 7296 0 73260 77.41 1102.47 hcbowng goods produced for own consumption, household 7296 0 73260 77.41 1102.47 hncbowng goods produced for own consumption, household, non-monetary 6835 0 73260 82.63 1138.86 hcbgift consumption of goods and services received, household 7296 0 68400 91.93 1165.21 hncbgift consumption of goods and services received, household, non-monetary 6837 0 68400 98.1 1203.44 hcbgifte from employment, household 7296 0 68400 39.55 1001.6 hncbgifte from employment, household, non-monetary 6871 0 68400 42 1032.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS - LIABILITIES TRANSACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hts proceeds from sales, household 2 1320 3000 2160 1187.94 hmts proceeds from sales, household, monetary 2 1320 3000 2160 1187.94 htil inflows from loans, household 1 3600 3600 3600 NA hmtil inflows from loans, household, monetary 1 3600 3600 3600 NA htilr repayments from borrowings, household 1 3600 3600 3600 NA hmtilr repayments from borrowings, household, monetary 1 3600 3600 3600 NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAJOR AGGREGATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dhi disposable household income 7162 0 1589624 44220.8 84400.1 factor factor income 7107 0 1690000 42155.8 102676 socred social security redistribution 7061 0 408000 8402.18 17233.3 privred private redistribution 6956 0 156000 849.7 4637.87 pension total pension income 7105 0 408000 6180.82 16386.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ currency currency units -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7296 710 ZAR - Rand Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deflator deflation factor 7296 1 1 1 0 grossnet gross/net income information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7296 120 gross, taxes and contributions imputed fhimpu household partial income imputation (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 6412 0 no household member with full income imputation 884 1 one or more household members with full income imputation