General Household Survey 2025
South Africa, 2025
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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1
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Statistics South Africa
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Jun 02, 2026
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Medical help (hhw_hltfac)
Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1
Overview
Valid:
20095
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Mean:
2.8596665837273
Standard deviation:
2.0614412796882
Type:
Discrete
Width:
60
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Public sector: Hospital | 1311 |
6.5%
|
| 2 | 2. Public sector: Clinic | 14182 |
70.6%
|
| 3 | 3. Public sector: Other in the public sector | 44 |
0.2%
|
| 4 | 4. Private sector: Hospital | 392 |
2%
|
| 5 | 5. Private sector: Clinic | 321 |
1.6%
|
| 6 | 6. Private sector: Private doctor/specialist | 3444 |
17.1%
|
| 7 | 7. Private sector: Traditional healer | 36 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | 8. Private sector: Spiritual healer's workplace/church | 27 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | 9. Private sector: Pharmacy/chemist | 268 |
1.3%
|
| 10 | 10. Private sector: Health facility provided by employer | 36 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | 11. Private sector: Alternative medicine, e.g. homoeopathist | 10 |
0%
|
| 12 | 12. Private sector: Other in private sector | 13 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | 13. Private sector: DO NOT KNOW | 9 |
0%
|
| 99 | 99. Private sector: Unspecified | 2 |
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.