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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Jan 25, 2017

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Electricity cut for non-payment (Q530Cut)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 137

End: 137

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Was the electricity cut off during the past 30 days for non-payment for this household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	396	1.8%
2	No	12765	59.1%
3	Do not know	5574	25.8%
4		47	0.2%
8	Not applicable	0	0%
9	Unspecified	2819	13.1%

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

If there was no electricity because the pre-paid card was not loaded with the required amount of money it is not considered to be an electricity cut off because of non-payment.

Description

Universe

All households connected to the MAINS electricity supply

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