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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Frequency of water interruptions (wat_inte_freq)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Mean: 5.5951729285892

Standard deviation: 2.7931200202106

Type: Discrete

Width: 35

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Every week	2123	10.6%
2	2. A couple of times per month	2740	13.6%
3	3. Once per month	675	3.4%
4	4. A couple of times per year	3122	15.5%
5	5. Only one time over the past year	387	1.9%
8	8. Not applicable	11048	55%

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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