General Household Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024

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ZAF_2024_GHS_v01_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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Apr 01, 2026

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Jun 02, 2026

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Main source of water (wat_drinkwat)

Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Piped (tap) water in dwelling
2	Piped (tap) water on site or in yard
3	Borehole on site
4	Rain-water tank on site
5	Neighbour's tap
6	Public/communal tap
7	Water-carrier/tanker
8	Water vendor (charge involved)
9	Borehole outside yard
10	Flowing water/stream/river
11	Stagnant water/dam/pool
12	Well protected
13	Well unprotected
14	Spring protected
15	Spring unprotected
16	OTHER SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER

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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