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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Payment of water (Q518aPayW)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 95

End: 95

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does the household pay for municipal water?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	7627	35.3%
2	No	10302	47.7%
8	Not applicable	3523	16.3%
9	Unspecified	149	0.7%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Note should be taken that the household has to actually pay for the water for the answer to be 'Yes'. People who receive water accounts but don't pay, and people who use less than the free basic amount of water a month, would answer 'No'.

Question post text

1 = Yes - Go to Q5.19a

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