General Household Survey 2023

South Africa, 2023

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ZAF_2023_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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Medical help (hhw_hltfac)

Data file: ghs-2023-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 60

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Public sector: Hospital	117	11.7%
2	2. Public sector: Clinic	494	49.4%
3	3. Public sector: Other in the public sector	12	1.2%
4	4. Private sector: Hospital	21	2.1%
5	5. Private sector: Clinic	20	2%
6	6. Private sector: Private doctor/specialist	328	32.8%
7	7. Private sector: Traditional healer/sangoma	0	0%
8	8. Private sector: Spiritual healer's workplace/church	0	0%
9	9. Private sector: Pharmacy/chemist	4	0.4%
10	10. Private sector: Health facility provided by employer	0	0%
11	11. Private sector: Alternative medicine, e.g. homoeopathist	2	0.2%
12	12. Private sector: Other in private sector	2	0.2%
13	13. Private sector: DO NOT KNOW	0	0%
99	99. Private sector: Unspecified	0	0%

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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