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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Distance of water source from the dwelling (Q513aDist)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 86
End: 86
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How far is the water source from the dwelling or yard? (200m is equal to the length of two football/soccer fields)
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 200 metres
2 201–500 metres
3 501metres–1 kilometre
4 More than 1 kilometre
5 Don't know
8 Not applicable
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
This question is applicable only to households where the main source of water is not in the dwelling, yard or on site. This question aims to determine the distance that household members have to travel to obtain water from the main water source. The instruction to the enumerator is to consider the distance covered using the usual means of transport to this source.

Description

Universe
Only households without access to water on site or in the dwelling.
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