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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Statistics South Africa
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Other environmental problems (Q537Oth)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 190
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which of the following environmental problems do you experience in your community/ on your neighbourhood, and neighbouring farms?

1 = Irregular or no waste removal
2 = Littering
3 = Water pollution
4 = Outdoor/indoor air pollution
5 = Land degradation/over-utilisation of natural resources
(e.g. soil erosion, potholes and dongas, overgrazing, cutting of trees for firewood)
6 = Excessive noise/noise pollution
7 = Other (Specify)
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 176
0.8%
2 No 21109
97.7%
3 Unspecified 0
0%
9 316
1.5%
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.
Interviewer instructions
This question serves as an important measure to establish which environmental problems households experience in their neighbourhoods.

Description

Universe
All households in the selected dwelling units.
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