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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Where contents of pit latrine emptied (san_pit_dispose)

Data file: ghs-2025-hh-v1

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Valid: 0

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Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 80

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Removed by service provider to a treatment plant
2	2. Removed by service provider and buried in a covered pit
3	3. Removed by service provider do not know what they did with it
4	4. Emptied by household and buried in a covered pit
5	5. Emptied by household into an uncovered pit, open ground, water body, or other
6	6. Other
7	7. DO NOT KNOW
8	8. 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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