General Household Survey 2015
South Africa, 2015
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Reference ID
ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Statistics South Africa
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Sep 28, 2020
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Electricity interruptions (Q529eHour12)
Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608
Overview
Valid:
21601
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
135
End:
136
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Did any of these interruptions last for more than 12 hours? If yes, how many of them?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2026 |
9.4%
|
|
| 1 | 358 |
1.7%
|
|
| 2 | 187 |
0.9%
|
|
| 3 | 69 |
0.3%
|
|
| 4 | 58 |
0.3%
|
|
| 5 | 31 |
0.1%
|
|
| 6 | 28 |
0.1%
|
|
| 7 | 18 |
0.1%
|
|
| 8 | 16 |
0.1%
|
|
| 9 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 10 | 27 |
0.1%
|
|
| 11 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 12 | 5 |
0%
|
|
| 13 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 14 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 15 | 7 |
0%
|
|
| 16 | 6 |
0%
|
|
| 18 | 4 |
0%
|
|
| 19 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 20 | 6 |
0%
|
|
| 23 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 24 | 14 |
0.1%
|
|
| 25 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 17314 |
80.2%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 1413 |
6.5%
|
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 is a follow-up question to Q5.28d, but focuses more on the duration of electricity interrruptions. In addition to electricity cuts, the question seeks to find out how many times the electricity was cut for more than 12 hours.
Description
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All households connected to the MAINS electricity supply.