General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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Jun 26, 2017

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Other sources of electricity (Q528bNotMains)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 126

End: 126

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Ask if ‘No’ or ‘Do not know’ in Q5.28a

Literal question

If the electricity that households have access to is not from the Mains, what is the household's source of electricity?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Connected to other source which household pays for
2	Connected to other source for which household is not paying for
3	Generator
4	Home solar system
5	Battery
6	Other (specify)
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 establishes alternative ways in which the households that are not connected to MAINS electricity supply, obtain their electricity. For any other option that is not outlined in the given categories, provision has been made to specify it.

Description

Universe

All households that have access to, or use electricity but who are not connected to the MAINS electricity supply.

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