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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Jun 02, 2026

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Main source of electricity (eng_mainelect)

Data file: ghs-2025-hh-v1

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Valid: 0

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Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 117

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. In-house conventional meter
2	2. In-house pre-paid meter
3	3. Connected to other source which the household pays for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and paying neighbours)
4	4. Connected to other source which the household does not pay for (e.g. connected to neighbour's line and not paying)
5	5. Generator
6	6. Home solar panels
7	7. Other source of main electricity supply
8	8. 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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