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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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Distance to main source of drinking water (ZA2016A_WATDIST)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 213
End: 213
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>[4.33] How far is the main source of water for drinking from the dwelling or yard?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Less than 200 meters<br />[] 2 201-500 meters<br />[] 3 501 metres-1 kilometer<br />[] 4 More than 1 kilometer<br />[] 5 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than 200 metres
2 201 to 500 metres
3 501 metres to 1 kilometre
4 More than 1 kilometre
5 Do not know
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 distance to get to the main source of water for drinking.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Households without water access from inside their yard [discrepancies: none]

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