General Household Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024

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Reference ID

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

Last modified

Jun 02, 2026

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Main source of electricity (eng_mainelect)

Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	In-house conventional meter
2	In-house pre-paid meter
3	Connected to other source which the household pays for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and paying neighbours)
4	Connected to other source which the household does not pay for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and not paying)
5	Generator
6	Home solar panels
7	Other source of main electricity supply
8	Not applicable

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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