General Household Survey 2006
South Africa, 2006
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Reference ID
ZAF_2006_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Type of main dwelling (q41maind)
Data file: GHS 2006 House_v1
Overview
Valid:
27999
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
20
End:
21
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 | 17798 |
63.6%
|
| 2 | Traditional dwelling/Hut/Structure made of traditional materials | 4031 |
14.4%
|
| 3 | Flat or apartment in a block of flats | 781 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | Town/Cluster/Semi-detached house (Simplex, Duplex or Triplex) | 356 |
1.3%
|
| 5 | Unit in retirement village | 22 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Dwelling/House/Flat/room in backyard | 959 |
3.4%
|
| 7 | Informal dwelling/Shack in backyard | 1130 |
4%
|
| 8 | Informal dwelling/Shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on farm | 1818 |
6.5%
|
| 9 | Room/Flatlet | 698 |
2.5%
|
| 10 | Caravan/Tent | 42 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Other | 332 |
1.2%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 32 |
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.