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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Distance to nearest toilet facility (Q525bNear)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 108

End: 108

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How far is the nearest toilet facility to which the household has access? (200m is equal to the length of two football/soccer fields)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 50m	442	2%
2	51mâ€“10m	131	0.6%
3	101mâ€“200m	48	0.2%
4	201â€“500m	24	0.1%
5	More than 500m	15	0.1%
8	Not applicable	20660	95.6%
9	Unspecified	281	1.3%

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 if the toilet facility is off site. This question seeks to establish the distance travelled by the members of the household to the nearest toilet facility. Enumerators are instructed to be cautious about 'the nearest toilet facility',
especially for those households with access to more than one toilet.

Description

Universe

All households with access to a toilet facility.

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