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General Household Survey 2023

South Africa, 2023
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ZAF_2023_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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May 22, 2026
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Refuse removal (swr_rub)

Data file: ghs-2023-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 1000
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 92
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 1. Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week 881
88.1%
2 2. Removed by local authority/private company less often than once a week 10
1%
3 3. Removed by community members, contracted by the municipality, at least once a week 2
0.2%
4 4. Removed by community members, contracted by the municipality, less often than once a week 0
0%
5 5. Removed by community members at least once a week 19
1.9%
6 6. Removed by community members less often than once a week 9
0.9%
7 7. Communal refuse dump 34
3.4%
8 8. Communal container/central collection point 13
1.3%
9 9. Own refuse dump 24
2.4%
10 10. Dump or leave rubbish anywhere 5
0.5%
11 11. OTHER METHOD OF REFUSE REMOVAL 3
0.3%
99 99. Unspecified 0
0%
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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