General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_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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Other sources of electricity (Q528bNotMains)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 126

End: 126

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Ask if ‘No’ or ‘Do not know’ in Q5.28a

Literal question

If the electricity that households have access to is not from the Mains, what is the household's source of electricity?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Connected to other source which household pays for	899	4.2%
2	Connected to other source for which household is not paying for	230	1.1%
3	Generator	7	0%
4	Home solar system	53	0.2%
5	Battery	3	0%
6	Other (specify)	33	0.2%
8	Not applicable	20340	94.2%
9	Unspecified	36	0.2%

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.

Interviewer instructions

This question establishes alternative ways in which the households that are not connected to MAINS electricity supply, obtain their electricity. For any other option that is not outlined in the given categories, provision has been made to specify it.

Description

Universe

All households that have access to, or use electricity but who are not connected to the MAINS electricity supply.

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