Demographic and Health Survey 2016
South Africa

South Africa, 2016

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zaf-doh-statssa-dhs-2016-v1

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National Department of Health, Medical Research Council, Statistics South Africa

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how is refuse collected or removed (sh124a)

Data file: ZAPR71FL

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 285

loc_end_pos: 286

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 96

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
1	removed by local authority/private company at least once a week
2	removed by local authority/private company less often than once a week
3	removed by community members contracted by municipality at least once a week
4	removed by community members contracted by municipality less than once a week
5	removed by community members at least once a week
6	removed by community members less than once a week
7	communal refuse dump
8	communal container/central collection point
9	own refuse dump
10	own refuse burned
11	no rubbish disposal/dump or leave anywhere
96	other

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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