General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Water pollution (Q537Wat)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 186

End: 186

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which of the following environmental problems do you experience in your community/ on your neighbourhood, and neighbouring farms?
- Water pollution

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	3573	16.5%
2	No	17925	83%
3	Unspecified	0	0%
9		103	0.5%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

This question serves as an important measure to establish which environmental problems households experience in their neighbourhoods.

Description

Universe

All households in the selected dwelling units.

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