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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Type of toilet facility (san_toil)

Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system
2	Flush toilet connected to a septic tank or conservancy tank
3	Pour bucket-flush toilet connected to a septic tank (or seepage pit)
4	Chemical/portable toilet
5	Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe
6	Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe, with slab
7	Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe, either without slab or open pit
8	Bucket toilet (collected by municipality)
9	Bucket toilet (emptied by household)
10	Composting toilet
11	Open defecation (e.g. no facilities, field, bush)
12	OTHER TOILET FACILITY
99	Unspecified

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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