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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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Duration of water interruption (over a three month period) (ZA2016A_INTRPTIME)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
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>[4.37] How long did this/these interruption(s) in municipal water supply last?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Less than 2 days in total over a three month period<br />[] 2 2 to 7 days in total over a three month period<br />[] 3 8 to 14 days in total over a three month period<br />[] 4 More than a 14 days in total over a three month period<br />[] 5 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 2 days in three months
2 2 to 7 days in three months
3 8 to 14 days in three months
4 More than a 14 days in three months
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the duration of water interruption.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Households with water supplied by a municipality that experienced service interruptions in the past 3 months [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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