Dataset: South Africa Census, 1996: Household (10% Sample)

Variable hohsex: Gender of head of household

Literal Question

Is (the person) male or female?

Values Categories N NW
1 Male 524531 5,628,558.6
 62.1%
2 Female 321947 3,430,590.1
 37.9%
9 Unspecified/Dummy 0 0.0
 0.0%

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 846478 9059148.74
Missing cases 0 0.0
Minimum 1.0
Maximum 2.0
This variable is numeric

Universe

All households

Notes

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.

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