General Household Survey 2020

South Africa, 2020

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Reference ID

ZAF_2020_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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Jun 23, 2022

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Main source of drinking water (wat_drinkwat)

Data file: ghs-2020-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 8896

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 14

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 49

End: 50

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 14

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Piped (tap) water in dwelling	3489	39.2%
2	Piped (tap) water on site or in yard	2633	29.6%
3	Borehole on site	260	2.9%
4	Rain-water tank on site	180	2%
5	Neighbour's tap	154	1.7%
6	Public/communal tap	1269	14.3%
7	Water-carrier/tanker	170	1.9%
8	Water vendor	221	2.5%
9	Borehole outside yard	107	1.2%
10	Flowing water/stream/river	248	2.8%
11	Stagnant water/dam/pool	21	0.2%
12	Well	30	0.3%
13	Spring	80	0.9%
14	Other	34	0.4%

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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