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General Household Survey 2006

South Africa, 2006
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Reference ID
ZAF_2006_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Energy for heating (q437heat)

Data file: GHS 2006 House_v1

Overview

Valid: 27999
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 241
End: 242
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4.37. What is the main source of energy/fuel for this household? Heating
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Electricity from mains 12387
44.2%
2 Electricity from generator 19
0.1%
3 Gas 250
0.9%
4 Paraffin 3423
12.2%
5 Wood 7533
26.9%
6 Coal 1384
4.9%
8 Animal dung 163
0.6%
9 Solar energy 33
0.1%
10 Other 67
0.2%
11 None 2663
9.5%
99 Unspecified 77
0.3%
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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