Income and Expenditure Survey 2022-2023
South Africa, 2022 - 2023
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zaf-statssa-ies-2022-2023-v1.1
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Dec 19, 2025
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Main reason for non-payment of water (WAT_REASON)
Data file: ies-2022-2023-households-v1.1
Overview
Valid:
19940
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
27
loc_end_pos:
28
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use own source of water | 62 |
0.3%
|
| 2 | Use a free water source | 1556 |
7.8%
|
| 3 | Pay directly to landlord as part of rent | 1355 |
6.8%
|
| 4 | Payment included in levy | 95 |
0.5%
|
| 5 | Permission from municipality not to pay | 1310 |
6.6%
|
| 6 | Do not have water meter | 1009 |
5.1%
|
| 7 | Water meter not working/broken | 287 |
1.4%
|
| 8 | Do not receive water bill | 889 |
4.5%
|
| 9 | Community decision not to pay | 563 |
2.8%
|
| 10 | Cannot afford to pay | 1110 |
5.6%
|
| 11 | Water supply irregular | 69 |
0.3%
|
| 12 | Water supply has been stopped | 48 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | Other | 280 |
1.4%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 11307 |
56.7%
|
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.