General Household Survey 2022

South Africa, 2022

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2022-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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Statistics South Africa African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research

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Aug 25, 2023

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Recycling of waste (swr_sepwaste)

Data file: ghs-2022-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes, recyclables are set out for kerbside collection by service providers	120	12%
2	Yes, recyclables are taken to a drop-off point	38	3.8%
3	Yes, recyclables are separated and placed in the household bin to support	43	4.3%
4	No, but waste pickers sort through my bin	46	4.6%
5	NO SEPARATION	750	75%
6	DO NOT KNOW	3	0.3%
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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