South African Census 1996, 10% Sample

South Africa, 1996

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zaf-statssa-census-1996-v1.3

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Population Censuses and Surveys

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Fuel used for lighting (fuelligh)

Data file: census-1996-hhold-v1.2

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Valid: 846478

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
0	Other	75	0%
1	Electricity direct from authority	483029	57.1%
2	Electricity from other source	2907	0.3%
3	Gas	3408	0.4%
4	Paraffin	107696	12.7%
7	Candles	242348	28.6%
9	Unspecified/dummy	7015	0.8%

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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