General Household Survey 2021

South Africa, 2021

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Statistics South Africa African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research

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Main source of electricity (eng_mainelect)

Data file: ghs-2021-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: -

Type: Discrete

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
1	In-house conventional meter
2	In-house pre-paid meter
3	Connected to other source which the household pays for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and paying neighbours)
4	Connected to other source which the household does not pay for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and not paying)
5	Generator
6	Home solar panels
7	Other source of main electricity supply
8	Not applicable

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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Main source of electricity

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Main source of electricity

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Main source of electricity

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