QUESTION 8 - ANSWER

What is the total household income for the Kwa Zulu Natal?

To answer this question, we want to create a variable that is the total amount of household income, (totminc) by province. The command we need to enter into STATA is:

egen tltotminc=sum(totminc), by (province)

Examine now the tabulation of the variable province. Kwa Zulu is the fifth province on this list with 972 people residing inside it.

tab province

   province |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

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       CAPE |        654       12.38       12.38

      NATAL |        266        5.03       17.41

   TRANSVAA |       1129       21.37       38.78

   ORANGE F |        241        4.56       43.34

   KWA ZULU |        972       18.40       61.73

   KANGWANE |        127        2.40       64.14

    QWA-QWA |         25        0.47       64.61

   GAZANKUL |         97        1.84       66.45

     LEBOWA |        494        9.35       75.79

   KWANDEBE |         51        0.97       76.76

   TRANSKEI |        605       11.45       88.21

   BOPHUTHA |        405        7.66       95.87

      VENDA |         76        1.44       97.31

     CISKEI |        142        2.69      100.00

------------+-----------------------------------

      Total |       5284      100.00

By examining the response with 972 as the frequency, which is Kwa Zulu Natal's total number of people from this sample living inside of it, we see that Kwa Zulu Natal has a total 1081941 Rand per month.

tab tltotminc

  tltotminc |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

------------+-----------------------------------

      21136 |         25        0.47        0.47

   52040.83 |         51        0.97        1.44

   67534.46 |         76        1.44        2.88

   76980.48 |         97        1.84        4.71

   90739.34 |        127        2.40        7.12

   142843.6 |        142        2.69        9.80

   260908.8 |        241        4.56       14.36

   335387.8 |        494        9.35       23.71

   351601.2 |        605       11.45       35.16

   463548.9 |        405        7.66       42.83

   726804.7 |        266        5.03       47.86

    1081941 |        972       18.40       66.26

    1539428 |        654       12.38       78.63

    3897148 |       1129       21.37      100.00

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      Total |       5284      100.00

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