General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

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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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Use of soap to wash hands after using toilet (san_wash)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 1.6541428215974

Standard deviation: 0.83124429935166

Type: Discrete

Width: 47

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Rinse hands with water	8826	43.9%
2	2. Wash hands with soap and water	10480	52.2%
3	3. Clean hands with hand sanitiser or wet wipes	390	1.9%
4	4. DO NOT CLEAN HANDS	219	1.1%
5	5. DO NOT KNOW	11	0.1%
8	8. Not applicable	168	0.8%
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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