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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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Date the dwelling originally built (Q59Built)

Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1

Overview

Valid: 21601
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 99
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 73
End: 74
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
When was this dwelling originally built?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 2011-2015 (0–5 years) 2264
10.5%
2 2006-2010 (6–10 years) 3346
15.5%
3 1996-2005 (11–20 years) 4121
19.1%
4 1986-1995 (21–30 years) 2499
11.6%
5 1976-1985 (31–40 years) 1657
7.7%
6 1966-1975 (41–50 years) 1284
5.9%
7 1946-1965 (51–70 years) 864
4%
8 Prior to 1946 (Older than 70 years) 240
1.1%
9 Do not know 5170
23.9%
99 Unspecified 156
0.7%
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
Mark the period in which the building was completed, not the time of any later remodelling, additions or conversions. If precise year is not known, give best estimate.
The purpose of this question is to establish the year in which the building was completed. The respondent was given categories to choose from.

Description

Universe
All households in selected dwelling units.
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