General Household Survey 2006

South Africa, 2006

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Reference ID

ZAF_2006_GHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jan 27, 2012

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Rubbish removal (q439rubb)

Data file: GHS 2006 House_v1

Overview

Valid: 27999

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 246

End: 246

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

4.39 How is the refuse or rubbish for this household taken care of?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Removed by local authority at least once a week	14233	50.8%
2	Removed by local authority less often than once a week	432	1.5%
3	Removed by community members at least once a week	179	0.6%
4	Removed by community members less often than once a week	33	0.1%
5	Communal refuse dump/Communal container	689	2.5%
6	Own refuse dump	10583	37.8%
7	No rubbish removal	1499	5.4%
8	Other	298	1.1%
9	Unspecified	53	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.

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