General Household Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024

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ZAF_2024_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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Jul 08, 2025

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Refuse removal (swr_rub)

Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	902	90.2%
2	Removed by local authority/private company less often than once a week	10	1%
3	Removed by community members, contracted by the municipality, at least once a week	2	0.2%
4	Removed by community members, contracted by the municipality, less often than once a week	0	0%
5	Removed by community members at least once a week	18	1.8%
6	Removed by community members less often than once a week	3	0.3%
7	Communal refuse dump	20	2%
8	Communal container/central collection point	25	2.5%
9	Own refuse dump	17	1.7%
10	Dump or leave rubbish anywhere	1	0.1%
11	OTHER METHOD OF REFUSE REMOVAL	2	0.2%
99	Unspecified	0	0%

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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