South African National HIV Prevalence, HIV Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey (SABSSM) 2012: Visiting point - All provinces

Description:
This data file contains household information about the people who usually lived in the household and slept there the previous night as per the time of the interview. Demographic variables were age, sex, marital status, race, language spoken, education status, main source of drinking water, energy for cooking, type of toilet facility. The data set contains 545 variables and 14919 cases.

Number of completed household interviews: 10908
Number of refusals from household head or other resident: 1320
Number of unoccupied households and invalid visiting points: 1155
Number of partly completed questionnaires, no one at home or eligible to complete questionnaire, incapacitated and other: 1371
Abstract:
The 2012 population-based survey of HIV prevalence was the fourth among the HIV prevalence surveys that have investigated HIV prevalence and behaviour. The survey incorporated new methodologies, technologies and novel laboratory methodologies that enabled direct estimates of HIV incidence and ART exposure.

The main objectives of the survey were to determine the prevalence and incidence of HIV infection in South Africa in relation to social and behavioural determinants and to determine the proportion of males in South Africa who are circumcised. The secondary objectives were to determine the proportion of people living with HIV (PLHIV) who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa, to determine the extent to which mother-child pairs include HIV-negative mothers and HIV-positive infants and to describe trends in HIV prevalence, HIV incidence, and risk behaviour in South Africa over the period 2002 to 2012.

A multi-stage stratified cluster sampling design was implemented with everyone in the sampled households invited to participate. People of all ages living in South African households and hostels were eligible to participate.