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South African Census 2001

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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  • SA Census 2001
    Adjustment
    Factors Hhold
    By Province_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Adjustment
    Factors Person
    By
    Municipality_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Adjustment
    Factors Person
    By Province_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Ajustment
    Factors Hhold
    By
    Municipality_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Hhold
    Imputation
    Flags_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Mortality_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Mortality_reshaped_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Person
    Imputation
    Flags_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Hhold_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Person_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Person_v1
  • SA Census 2001
    Person_v1

Type of housing unit (h23a_hu)

Data file: SA Census 2001 Hhold_v1

Overview

Valid: 948592
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 28
End: 29
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
h23a. Which type of dwelling or housing unit does this household occupy?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 House or brick structure on a separate stand or yard 510888
53.9%
2 Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials 136178
14.4%
3 Flat in blocks of flats 46420
4.9%
4 Town/cluster/semi-detached house (simplex, duplex, triplex) 25276
2.7%
5 House/flat/room in back yard 32096
3.4%
6 Informal dwelling/shack in back yard 36553
3.9%
7 Informal dwelling/shack NOT in backyard e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement 106306
11.2%
8 Room/flatlet not in back yard but on shared property 9319
1%
9 Caravan or tent 2413
0.3%
10 Private ship/boat 299
0%
20 Tourist hotel/motel 230
0%
21 Hospital/medical facility/clinic/frail-care centre 282
0%
22 Childcare institution/orphanage 56
0%
23 Home for the disabled 43
0%
24 Boarding school hostel 199
0%
25 Initiation school 9
0%
26 Convent/monastery/religious retreat 35
0%
27 Defence force barracks/camp/ship in harbour 44
0%
28 Prison/correctional institution/police cells 218
0%
29 Community or church hall 5
0%
30 Refugee camp/shelter for the homeless 13
0%
31 Homeless 107
0%
99 Not applicable (households and non-institutional living quarters) 41603
4.4%
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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Definition
Type of housing unit
Universe
All households
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