General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25828/a4a6-p161

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Household Survey Data

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Jun 02, 2026

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Jun 02, 2026

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Main source of water (wat_drinkwat)

Data file: ghs-2025-hh-v1

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Valid: 0

Minimum:

Maximum:

Mean:

Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 39

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Piped (tap) water in dwelling
2	2. Piped (tap) water on site or in yard
3	3. Borehole on site
4	4. Rain-water tank on site
5	5. Neighbour's tap
6	6. Public/communal tap
7	7. Water-carrier/tanker
8	8. Water vendor (charge involved)
9	9. Borehole outside yard
10	10. Flowing water/stream/river
11	11. Stagnant water/dam/pool
12	12. Well protected
13	13. Well unprotected
14	14. Spring protected
15	15. Spring unprotected
16	16. OTHER SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER

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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