General Household Survey 2019

South Africa, 2019

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Household Survey Data African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research

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Recycling of waste (SWR_SEPWASTE)

Data file: zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-household-v1

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Valid: 999

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes, recyclables are set out for kerbside collection by service providers / recycling companies	164	16.4%
2	Yes, recyclables are taken to a drop-off point	34	3.4%
3	Yes, recyclables are separated and placed in the household bin to support the waste pickers	18	1.8%
4	No, but waste pickers sort through my bin	71	7.1%
5	NO SEPARATION	709	71%
6	Do not know	3	0.3%
9	Unspecified	0	0%

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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