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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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Supplier of the main source of drinking water (ZA2016A_WATSUP)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 215
End: 215
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>[4.35] Is the household's main source of drinking water supplied by...?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 A municipality<br />[] 2 Other water scheme [e.g. community water supply]<br />[] 3 A water vendor<br />[] 4 Own service [e.g. private borehole, own source on a farm, etc.]<br />[] 5 Flowing water/stream/river/spring/rain water<br />[] 6 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 A municipality
2 Other water scheme (e.g. community water supply)
3 A water vendor
4 Own service (e.g. private borehole; own source on a farm)
5 Flowing water, stream, river, spring or rain water
6 Do not know
9 Unknown
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 supplier of the main source of drinking water.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All households

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