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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Water supply interruption (Q519aInte)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 98

End: 98

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Has your municipal water supply been interrupted at any time during the last 12 months?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	9338	43.2%
2	No	8668	40.1%
8	Not applicable	3523	16.3%
9	Unspecified	72	0.3%

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

The focal point of this question is on water interruption. It seeks to ascertain whether municipal water supply has been interrupted at any time during the last 12 months or not. If the answer to this question is 'No', the enumerator skips to Q5.22.

Question post text

2 = No - Go to Q5.22

Description

Universe

Only households whose main source of water is supplied by the local municipality.

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