General Household Survey 2023

South Africa, 2023

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2023-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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May 24, 2024

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

Data file: ghs-2023-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 47

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Rinse hands with water	220	22%
2	Wash hands with soap and water	741	74.1%
3	Clean hands with hand sanitiser or wet wipes	19	1.9%
4	Do not clean hands	12	1.2%
5	Do not know	1	0.1%
8	Not applicable	7	0.7%
9	Unspecified	0	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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