South African Census 2022, 10% Sample

South Africa, 2022

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zaf-statssa-census-2022-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Population Censuses and Surveys

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Sep 16, 2024

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Energy or fuel for lighting (H10_ENERGY_LIGHTING)

Data file: sa-census-2022-household-v1

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Valid: 1338295

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Electricity from mains	1246469	93.1%
2	Other source of electricity (e.g. generator etc.)	5948	0.4%
3	Gas	3976	0.3%
4	Paraffin	16080	1.2%
5	Candles	50517	3.8%
6	Solar	10415	0.8%
7	Other	2165	0.2%
8	None	2725	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.

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