Toilets inside
53% of formal main dwellings in South Africa have a flush toilet inside the dwelling. (LFS 2004) This week’s theme:… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Informal housing
15% of households in South Africa live in shacks, around 3% live in backyard dwellings, while 12% live in traditional… Read More
Can the poor spend?
Of the households that purchased television sets in the last 12 months, one third have a per capita income of… Read More
Is LSM a good indicator of poverty?
60% of households in South Africa are in LSMs 1 to 5 corresponding to 6.3 million households. Within this segment,… Read More
Reaching the poor
70% of households with a per capita income of less than R5 per day live in rural areas. (AMPS2005A, Eighty20… Read More
Roughly a dollar a day
11% of households in South Africa have a per capita income of less than R5 per day (AMPS2005A, Eighty20 analysis)… Read More