General Household Survey 2002
South Africa, 2002
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Reference ID
ZAF_2002_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Main dwelling five years ago (q42maind)
Data file: GHS 2002 House_v1
Overview
Valid:
26218
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
21
End:
22
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
4.2 Thinking back five years ago, what type of dwelling/dwellings did this household occupy?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwelling/House or brick structure on a separate stand or yard or on farm | 15150 |
57.8%
|
| 2 | Traditional dwelling/Hut/Structure made of traditional materials | 3070 |
11.7%
|
| 3 | Flat or apartment in a block of flats | 1061 |
4%
|
| 4 | Town/Cluster/Semi-detached house (Simplex, Duplex or Triplex) | 441 |
1.7%
|
| 5 | Unit in retirement village | 58 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Dwelling/House/Flat/room in backyard | 708 |
2.7%
|
| 7 | Informal dwelling/Shack in backyard | 725 |
2.8%
|
| 8 | Informal dwelling/Shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on farm | 2401 |
9.2%
|
| 9 | Room/Flatlet | 655 |
2.5%
|
| 10 | Caravan/Tent | 13 |
0%
|
| 11 | Other, specify | 557 |
2.1%
|
| 12 | Household did not exist | 1338 |
5.1%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 41 |
0.2%
|
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.