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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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Alternative water source during interruptions (ZA2016A_WATALT)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 219
End: 220
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">Water</span></p>

<p>[4.39] What alternative water source did the household use during water supply interruption?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Borehole<br />[] 2 Spring<br />[] 3 Well<br />[] 4 Rain water tank<br />[] 5 Dam/pool/stagnant water<br />[] 6 River/stream<br />[] 7 Water vendor<br />[] 8 Water tanker<br />[] 9 Other<br />[] 10 None<br />[] 11 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Borehole
02 Spring
03 Well
04 Rain water tank
05 Dam, pool or stagnant water
06 River or stream
07 Water vendor
08 Water tanker
09 Other
10 None
98 Unknown
99 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 alternative water source during interruptions.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Households with water supplied by a municipality that experienced service interruptions in the past 3 months [discrepancies: none]

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