General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Ownership of dwelling (Q56Owner)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 69

End: 69

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the tenure status of the dwelling that the household occupies at present?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Rented	4210	19.5%
2	Owned, but not yet paid off to bank/financial institution	407	1.9%
3	Rented from other (incl. municipality and social housing institutions)	1208	5.6%
4	Owned, but not yet paid off to private lender	204	0.9%
5	Owned and fully paid off	12333	57.1%
6	Occupied rent-free	2892	13.4%
7	Other	280	1.3%
8	Do not know	67	0.3%

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.

Interviewer instructions

This question seeks to establish whether the household owns the property, or whether they are renting it. For example, are the majority of households’ members owning, renting or occupying rent-free dwellings? If there is an indication that the dwelling is owned and fully paid off from Q5.6, the enumerator is instructed to skip to Q5.8. The same applies if the dwelling is occupied rent-free.
The same instruction is applicable if the answer to Q5.6 is either 'Other', or 'Do not know'.

Description

Universe

All households in the selected dwelling units.

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