General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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Reference ID

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 16, 2026

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Time spent to fetch water (wat_time)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 6.6928091565066

Standard deviation: 2.6463222301584

Type: Discrete

Width: 25

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Less than 30 minutes	2917	14.5%
2	2. 31-60 minutes	740	3.7%
3	3. 61-90 minutes	107	0.5%
4	4. More than 90 minutes	56	0.3%
5	5. Members do not collect	203	1%
6	6. DO NOT KNOW	21	0.1%
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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