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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Distance of water source from the dwelling (wat_dist)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 6.72067678527

Standard deviation: 2.5851976095433

Type: Discrete

Width: 28

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Less than 200 metres	2408	12%
2	2. 201 - 500 metres	1031	5.1%
3	3. 501 metres - 1 kilometre	332	1.7%
4	4. More than 1 kilometre	188	0.9%
5	5. DO NOT KNOW	85	0.4%
8	8. Not applicable	16050	79.9%
9	9. Unspecified	1	0%

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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