General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25828/a4a6-p161

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Household Survey Data

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Jun 02, 2026

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Alternative drinking water sources (wat_inte_altsource)

Data file: ghs-2025-hh-v1

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Valid: 0

Minimum:

Maximum:

Mean:

Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 47

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Borehole
2	2. Spring
3	3. Well
4	4. Rain-water tank
5	5. Dam/pool/stagnant water
6	6. River/stream
7	7. Bottled water
8	8. Water vendor
9	9. Water tanker
10	10. Saved/stored water
11	11. NONE
12	12. DO NOT KNOW
13	13. OTHER sources of alternative drinking water
88	88. Not applicable

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.

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