General Household Survey 2005
South Africa, 2005
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Reference ID
ZAF_2005_GHS_v02_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Main dwelling (q42maind)
Data file: GHS 2005 House_v1
Overview
Valid:
28102
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
30
End:
31
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 | 15889 |
56.5%
|
| 2 | Traditional dwelling/Hut/Structure made of traditional materials | 4571 |
16.3%
|
| 3 | Flat or apartment in a block of flats | 605 |
2.2%
|
| 4 | Town/Cluster/Semi-detached house (Simplex, Duplex or Triplex) | 539 |
1.9%
|
| 5 | Unit in retirement village | 36 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Dwelling/House/Flat/room in backyard | 541 |
1.9%
|
| 7 | Informal dwelling/Shack in backyard | 804 |
2.9%
|
| 8 | Informal dwelling/Shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on farm | 2441 |
8.7%
|
| 9 | Room/Flatlet | 747 |
2.7%
|
| 10 | Caravan/Tent | 13 |
0%
|
| 11 | Other | 312 |
1.1%
|
| 12 | Household did not exist | 1578 |
5.6%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 26 |
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.