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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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Main type of toilet used (ZA2016A_TOILET)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 221
End: 222
Width: 2
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">Sanitation</span></p>

<p>[4.41] What is the main type of toilet facility used by this household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system<br />[] 2 Flush toilet connected to a septic tank or conservancy tank<br />[] 3 Chemical toilet<br />[] 4 Pit latrine/toilet with ventilation pipe<br />[] 5 Pit latrine/toilet without ventilation pipe<br />[] 6 Ecological toilet [e.g. urine diversion, enviroloo, etc.]<br />[] 7 Bucket toilet [collected by municipality]<br />[] 8 Bucket toilet [emptied by household]<br />[] 9 Other<br />[] 10 None</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Flush toilet connected to a public sewerage system
02 Flush toilet connected to a septic tank or conservancy tank
03 Chemical toilet
04 Pit latrine or toilet with ventilation pipe
05 Pit latrine or toilet without ventilation pipe
06 Ecological toilet (e.g. urine diversion, enviroloo, etc.)
07 Bucket toilet (collected by municipality)
08 Bucket toilet (emptied by household)
09 Other
10 None
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 main type of toilet facility used.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All households

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