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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Main source of water for drinking (ZA2016A_WATSRC)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 211
End: 212
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">4 Housing, household goods, services and crime and agricultural activities </span></p>

<p>Now, I am going to ask you some questions related to housing, household goods and services, crime and agricultural activities for this particular household.</p>

<p><span class="em">Water</span></p>

<p>[4.32] What is the household's main source of water for drinking?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Piped [tap] water inside the dwelling/house<br />[] 2 Piped [tap] water inside yard<br />[] 3 Piped water on community stand<br />[] 4 Borehole in the yard<br />[] 5 Rain-water tank in yard<br />[] 6 Neighbor's tap<br />[] 7 Public/communal tap<br />[] 8 Water-carrier/tanker<br />[] 9 Borehole outside the yard<br />[] 10 Flowing water/stream/river<br />[] 11 Well<br />[] 12 Spring<br />[] 13 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Piped (tap) water inside the dwelling or house
02 Piped (tap) water inside yard
03 Piped water on community stand
04 Borehole in the yard
05 Rain-water tank in yard
06 Neighbour's tap
07 Public or communal tap
08 Water-carrier or tanker
09 Borehole outside the yard
10 Flowing water, stream or river
11 Well
12 Spring
13 Other
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of water for drinking.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All households

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