Living Conditions Survey 2014-2015

South Africa, 2014 - 2015

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ZAF_2014_LCS_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Aug 15, 2017

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Description of the main dwelling (Q51MAIN)

Data file: lcs-2014-2015-households-v1

Overview

Valid: 23380

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 33

End: 34

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Formal dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or on a farm	16981	72.6%
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	1956	8.4%
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats	580	2.5%
4	Cluster house in security complex	63	0.3%
5	Town house (semi-detached house in a complex)	109	0.5%
6	Semi-detached house	255	1.1%
7	Formal dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	662	2.8%
8	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	913	3.9%
9	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. on an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm	1326	5.7%
10	Room/apartment on a property or an apartment in a larger dwelling, servants quarters/granny flat/cottage	459	2%
11	Caravan/tent	15	0.1%
12	Other	50	0.2%
99	Unspecified	11	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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