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General Household Survey 2019

South Africa, 2019
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ZAF_2019_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_ESS
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Government of South Africa, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)
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Agricultural Surveys
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Type of toilet facility (SAN_TOIL)

Data file: zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 999
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system 927
92.8%
2 Flush toilet connected to a septic tank or conservancy tank 28
2.8%
3 Pour bucket-flush toilet connected to a septic tank (or septic pit) 2
0.2%
4 Chemical toilet/portable toilet 10
1%
5 Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe 1
0.1%
6 Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe 4
0.4%
7 Bucket toilet (collected by municipality) 11
1.1%
8 Bucket toilet (emptied by household) 8
0.8%
9 Ecological sanitation system (e.g. composting toilet) 1
0.1%
10 Open defecation (e.g. no facilities, field, bush) 3
0.3%
11 Other 3
0.3%
99 Unspecified 1
0.1%
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.
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