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General Household Survey 2009

South Africa, 2009
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Reference ID
ZAF_2009_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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Energy for lighting (q334ligh)

Data file: GHS 2009 House_v1

Overview

Valid: 25303
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 125
End: 126
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 11
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
3.34 What is the main source of energy/fuel for this household?
c. Lighting
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Electricity from mains 21372
84.5%
2 Electricity from generator 24
0.1%
3 Gas 7
0%
4 Paraffin 671
2.7%
5 Wood 18
0.1%
6 Coal 9
0%
7 Candles 3144
12.4%
8 Animal dung 0
0%
9 Solar energy 38
0.2%
10 Other, specify 19
0.1%
11 None 1
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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