Living Conditions Survey 2014-2015

South Africa, 2014 - 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2014_LCS_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Aug 15, 2017

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May 07, 2018

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Main reason for the most recent interruption (Q513REASON)

Data file: lcs-2014-2015-households-v1

Overview

Valid: 23380

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 65

End: 66

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Burst pipes	4401	18.8%
2	Pump not working	1109	4.7%
3	General maintenance	3761	16.1%
4	Not enough water in the system (demand too high)	1477	6.3%
5	Water only delivered at fixed times	627	2.7%
6	Non-payment for services (cut off)	90	0.4%
7	Vandalism	125	0.5%
8	Construction work in the area (not of the water system)	288	1.2%
9	Prepaid-water run out	30	0.1%
10	Other, specify	502	2.1%
88	Not applicable	10764	46%
99	Unspecified	206	0.9%

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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