General Household Survey 2024
South Africa, 2024
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zaf-statssa-ghs-2024-v1
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Main source of water (wat_drinkwat)
Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piped (tap) water in dwelling | 813 |
81.3%
|
| 2 | Piped (tap) water on site or in yard | 104 |
10.4%
|
| 3 | Borehole on site | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Rain-water tank on site | 4 |
0.4%
|
| 5 | Neighbour's tap | 5 |
0.5%
|
| 6 | Public/communal tap | 65 |
6.5%
|
| 7 | Water-carrier/tanker | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Water vendor (charge involved) | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Borehole outside yard | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 10 | Flowing water/stream/river | 4 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Stagnant water/dam/pool | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Well protected | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Well unprotected | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Spring protected | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | Spring unprotected | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | OTHER SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER | 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.