General Household Survey 2005

South Africa, 2005

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Reference ID

ZAF_2005_GHS_v02_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Energy for lighting (q446ligh)

Data file: GHS 2005 House_v1

Overview

Valid: 28102

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 264

End: 265

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

4.46 What is the main source of energy/fuel for this household? Lighting

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Electricity from mains	21838	77.7%
2	Electricity from generator	23	0.1%
3	Gas	24	0.1%
4	Paraffin	968	3.4%
7	Candles	5156	18.3%
9	Solar energy	66	0.2%
10	Other, specify	5	0%
11	None	6	0%
99	Unspecified	16	0.1%

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.

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