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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 to nearest toilet facility (Q525bNear)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 108
End: 108
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How far is the nearest toilet facility to which the household has access? (200m is equal to the length of two football/soccer fields)
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 50m
2 51m–10m
3 101m–200m
4 201–500m
5 More than 500m
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 if the toilet facility is off site. This question seeks to establish the distance travelled by the members of the household to the nearest toilet facility. Enumerators are instructed to be cautious about 'the nearest toilet facility',
especially for those households with access to more than one toilet.

Description

Universe
All households with access to a toilet facility.
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