General Household Survey 2019
South Africa, 2019
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zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-v1
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Main source of drinking water (WAT_DRINKWAT)
Data file: zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-household-v1
Overview
Valid:
999
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 14
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piped (tap) water in dwelling | 802 |
80.3%
|
| 2 | Piped (tap) water on site or in yard | 93 |
9.3%
|
| 3 | Borehole on site | 5 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | Rain-water tank on site | 9 |
0.9%
|
| 5 | Neighbour's tap | 4 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Public/communal tap | 79 |
7.9%
|
| 7 | Water-carrier/tanker | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Water vendor | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Borehole outside yard | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | Flowing water/stream/river | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Stagnant water/dam/pool | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Well | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Spring | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Other | 2 |
0.2%
|
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.