Income and Expenditure Survey 2022-2023

South Africa, 2022 - 2023

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South African Income Survey Data

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Main reason for non-payment of water (WAT_REASON)

Data file: ies-2022-2023-households-v1.1

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 27

loc_end_pos: 28

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 88

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Use own source of water
2	Use a free water source
3	Pay directly to landlord as part of rent
4	Payment included in levy
5	Permission from municipality not to pay
6	Do not have water meter
7	Water meter not working/broken
8	Do not receive water bill
9	Community decision not to pay
10	Cannot afford to pay
11	Water supply irregular
12	Water supply has been stopped
13	Other
88	Not applicable

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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