General Household Survey 2023

South Africa, 2023

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2023-v1

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May 24, 2024

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Main source of electricity (eng_mainelect)

Data file: ghs-2023-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 117

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	1. In-house conventional meter	101	10.1%
2	2. In-house pre-paid meter	821	82.1%
3	3. Connected to other source which the household pays for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and paying neighbours)	41	4.1%
4	4. Connected to other source which the household does not pay for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and not paying)	4	0.4%
5	5. Generator	0	0%
6	6. Home solar panels	5	0.5%
7	7. Other source of main electricity supply	1	0.1%
8	8. Not applicable	27	2.7%

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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