General Household Survey 2024
South Africa, 2024
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zaf-statssa-ghs-2024-v1
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Alternative drinking water sources (wat_inte_altsource)
Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borehole | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | Spring | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 3 | Well | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 4 | Rain-water tank | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Dam/pool/stagnant water | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | River/stream | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Bottled water | 8 |
0.8%
|
| 8 | Water vendor | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Water tanker | 18 |
1.8%
|
| 10 | Saved/stored water | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 11 | NONE | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | DO NOT KNOW | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | OTHER sources of alternative drinking water | 8 |
0.8%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 956 |
95.6%
|
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.