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General Household Survey 2002

South Africa, 2002
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ZAF_2002_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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Jan 27, 2012
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Main dwelling (q41maind)

Data file: GHS 2002 House_v1

Overview

Valid: 26218
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 17
End: 18
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4.1 Indicate the type of main dwelling and other dwelling that the household occupies?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Dwelling/House or brick structure on a separate stand or yard or on farm 16346
62.3%
2 Traditional dwelling/Hut/Structure made of traditional materials 2788
10.6%
3 Flat or apartment in a block of flats 1318
5%
4 Town/Cluster/Semi-detached house (Simplex, Duplex or Triplex) 522
2%
5 Unit in retirement village 62
0.2%
6 Dwelling/House/Flat/room in backyard 796
3%
7 Informal dwelling/Shack in backyard 715
2.7%
8 Informal dwelling/Shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on farm 2234
8.5%
9 Room/Flatlet 805
3.1%
10 Caravan/Tent 20
0.1%
11 Other, specify 590
2.3%
99 Unspecified 22
0.1%
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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