General Household Survey 2020

South Africa, 2020

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Reference ID

ZAF_2020_GHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jun 23, 2022

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Main source of electricity (eng_mainelect)

Data file: ghs-2020-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 8896

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 64

End: 64

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	In-house conventional meter	728	8.2%
2	In-house pre-paid meter	7393	83.1%
3	Connected to other source which the household pays for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and paying neighbours)	265	3%
4	Connected to other source which the household does not pay for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and not paying)	97	1.1%
5	Generator	1	0%
6	Home solar panels	15	0.2%
7	Other	17	0.2%
8	Not applicable	380	4.3%

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.

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