General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

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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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Type of toilet facility (san_toil)

Data file: ghs-2025-hh-v1

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Valid: 0

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Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 79

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system
2	2. Flush toilet connected to a septic tank or conservancy tank
3	3. Pour bucket-flush toilet connected to a septic tank (or seepage pit)
4	4. Chemical/portable toilet
5	5. Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe
6	6. Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe, with slab
7	7. Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe, either without slab or open pit
8	8. Bucket toilet (collected by municipality)
9	9. Bucket toilet (emptied by household)
10	10. Composting toilet
11	11. Open defecation (e.g. no facilities, field, bush)
12	12. OTHER TOILET FACILITY
99	99. Unspecified

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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