Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2011

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ZAF_2011_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center

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Alternative water source (ZA2011A_0041)

Data file: ZAF2011-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 193

End: 193

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

H-09b Alternative water source
What alternative water source did the household use during water supply interruption?
Write the appropriate codes in the boxes _

1. Borehole
2. Spring
3. Rain water tank
4. Dam/pool/stagnant water
5. River/stream
6. Water vendor
7. Water tanker
8. Other
0. None

Categories

Value	Category
0	None
1	Borehole
2	Spring
3	Rain water tank
4	Dam, pool, or stagnant water
5	River or stream
6	Water vendor
7	Water tanker
8	Other
9	NIU (not in universe)

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

10. Section H: Housing (remember to follow instructions)
Purpose: Information collected here is important to all users such as Eskom, Telkom, etc. as it can be used to monitor progress regarding service delivery issues (or lack thereof).

This section must be completed for every household.
H-02: Other dwelling refers to another structure that the household occupies other than the main house/dwelling.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates that the household has an alternative water source.

Universe

Households in housing units or converted hostels that had interruptions of water supplied by regional or local schemes that lasted more than 2 days

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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