General Household Survey 2015
South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M
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Rubbish removal (Q532Rub)
Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1
Overview
Valid:
21601
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
146
End:
147
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week | 12160 |
56.3%
|
| 2 | Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, less often than once a week | 397 |
1.8%
|
| 3 | Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, at least once a week | 435 |
2%
|
| 4 | Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, less often than once a week | 120 |
0.6%
|
| 5 | Removed by community members at least once a week | 76 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Removed by community members less often than once a week | 6 |
0%
|
| 7 | Communal refuse dump | 315 |
1.5%
|
| 8 | Communal container/Central collection point | 261 |
1.2%
|
| 9 | Own refuse dump | 6548 |
30.3%
|
| 10 | Dump or leave rubbish anywhere | 592 |
2.7%
|
| 11 | Other (specify) | 109 |
0.5%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 582 |
2.7%
|
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 seeks to determine how refuse or rubbish from the dwelling unit is removed. If more than one method is used to remove refuse/rubbish, the instruction to the enumerator is to consider the one that offers better service.
The enumerator is ordered to skip to Q5.34a if Option 8, 9 or 10 is chosen
The enumerator is ordered to skip to Q5.34a if Option 8, 9 or 10 is chosen
Question post text
08 = Own refuse dump - Go to Q5.34a
09 = Dump or leave rubbish anywhere - Go to Q5.34a
10 = Other (specify) - Go to Q5.34a
09 = Dump or leave rubbish anywhere - Go to Q5.34a
10 = Other (specify) - Go to Q5.34a
Description
Universe
All households in the selected dwelling units.
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
01 = Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week
02 = Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, less often than once a week
03 = Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, at least once a week
04 = Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, less often than once a week
05 = Removed by community members at least once a week
06 = Removed by community members less often than once a week
07 = Communal refuse dump/
08= Communal container/Central collection point
09 = Own refuse dump
10 = Dump or leave rubbish anywhere
11 = Other (specify)
99 = Unspecified
02 = Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, less often than once a week
03 = Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, at least once a week
04 = Removed by community members, contracted by the Municipality, less often than once a week
05 = Removed by community members at least once a week
06 = Removed by community members less often than once a week
07 = Communal refuse dump/
08= Communal container/Central collection point
09 = Own refuse dump
10 = Dump or leave rubbish anywhere
11 = Other (specify)
99 = Unspecified