General Household Survey 2015
South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Type of toilet facility (Q522Toil)
Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608
Overview
Valid:
21601
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
103
End:
104
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What type of toilet facility is used by this household?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system | 12269 |
56.8%
|
| 2 | Flush toilet connected to a septic tank | 715 |
3.3%
|
| 3 | Chemical toilet | 52 |
0.2%
|
| 4 | Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe | 4006 |
18.5%
|
| 5 | Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe | 3316 |
15.4%
|
| 6 | Bucket toilet (collected by municipality) | 188 |
0.9%
|
| 7 | Bucket toilet (emptied by household) | 54 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Ecological Sanitation System | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | None | 825 |
3.8%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 66 |
0.3%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 73 |
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
This question deals with the type of toilet facility available for selected dwelling units. The instruction to the enumerator is to ask for the main toilet used by the household, even if there is more than one in the selected dwelling. The households who use either one of Options 2 to 6, should skip to Q5.24.
For households without any toilet facility, there is a skip instruction to Q5.27.
For households without any toilet facility, there is a skip instruction to Q5.27.
Question post text
1 = Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system
2 = Flush toilet connected to a septic tank - Go to Q5.24
3 = Chemical toilet - Go to Q5.24
4 = Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe - Go to Q5.24
5 = Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe - Go to Q5.24
6 = Bucket toilet (collected by municipality) - Go to Q5.24
7 = Bucket toilet (emptied by household) - Go to Q5.24
8 = Ecological Sanitation System - Go to Q5.24
9 = None - Go to Q 5.27
10 = Other (specify) - Go to Q 5.24
2 = Flush toilet connected to a septic tank - Go to Q5.24
3 = Chemical toilet - Go to Q5.24
4 = Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe - Go to Q5.24
5 = Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe - Go to Q5.24
6 = Bucket toilet (collected by municipality) - Go to Q5.24
7 = Bucket toilet (emptied by household) - Go to Q5.24
8 = Ecological Sanitation System - Go to Q5.24
9 = None - Go to Q 5.27
10 = Other (specify) - Go to Q 5.24
Description
Universe
All households in the selected dwelling units.
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
1 = Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system
2 = Flush toilet connected to a septic tank
3 = Chemical toilet
4 = Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe
5 = Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe
6 = Bucket toilet (collected by municipality)
7 = Bucket toilet (emptied by household)
8 = Ecological Sanitation System
9 = None
10 = Other (specify)
99 = Unspecified
2 = Flush toilet connected to a septic tank
3 = Chemical toilet
4 = Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe
5 = Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe
6 = Bucket toilet (collected by municipality)
7 = Bucket toilet (emptied by household)
8 = Ecological Sanitation System
9 = None
10 = Other (specify)
99 = Unspecified