General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Distance of water source from the dwelling (Q513aDist)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 86

End: 86

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How far is the water source from the dwelling or yard? (200m is equal to the length of two football/soccer fields)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 200 metres	2949	13.7%
2	201â€“500 metres	1504	7%
3	501metresâ€“1 kilometre	565	2.6%
4	More than 1 kilometre	248	1.1%
5	Don't know	8	0%
8	Not applicable	15824	73.3%
9	Unspecified	503	2.3%

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 is applicable only to households where the main source of water is not in the dwelling, yard or on site. This question aims to determine the distance that household members have to travel to obtain water from the main water source. The instruction to the enumerator is to consider the distance covered using the usual means of transport to this source.

Description

Universe

Only households without access to water on site or in the dwelling.

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