General Household Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
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Reference ID
ZAF_2008_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Energy for cooking (q437cook)
Data file: GHS 2008 House_v1
Overview
Valid:
24333
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
254
End:
255
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
4.37 I What is the main source of energy/fuel for this household?
1. Cooking
1. Cooking
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electricity from mains | 15921 |
65.4%
|
| 2 | Electricity from generator | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | Gas | 692 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | Paraffin | 2180 |
9%
|
| 5 | Wood | 4768 |
19.6%
|
| 6 | Coal | 551 |
2.3%
|
| 8 | Animal dung | 64 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | Solar energy | 6 |
0%
|
| 10 | Other | 23 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | None | 33 |
0.1%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 76 |
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.