General Household Survey 2019
South Africa, 2019
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zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-v1
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Reason household not paying for water (WAT_YNOTPAY)
Data file: zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-household-v1
Overview
Valid:
999
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use own source of water | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Use a free water source | 75 |
7.5%
|
| 3 | Pay directly to landlord as part of rent | 70 |
7%
|
| 4 | Payment included in levy | 9 |
0.9%
|
| 5 | Permission from municipality not to pay | 42 |
4.2%
|
| 6 | Do not have water meter | 9 |
0.9%
|
| 7 | Water meter not working/broken | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Do not receive water bill | 12 |
1.2%
|
| 9 | Community decision not to pay | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | Cannot afford to pay | 30 |
3%
|
| 11 | Water supply irregular | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Water supply has been stopped | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Other | 8 |
0.8%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 738 |
73.9%
|
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.