General Household Survey 2013

South Africa, 2013

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ZAF_2013_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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Sep 18, 2014

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Main dwelling (household occupies) (Q51aMainD)

Data file: ghs-2013-house-v1-20140620

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Valid: 25786

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 37

End: 38

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 12

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or on farm.	17830	69.1%
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	2147	8.3%
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats	861	3.3%
4	Cluster house in complex	148	0.6%
5	Town house (semi-detached house in complex)	211	0.8%
6	Semi-detached house	444	1.7%
7	Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	612	2.4%
8	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	909	3.5%
9	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on farm	1739	6.7%
10	Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat	737	2.9%
11	Caravan/tent	9	0%
12	Other (specify)	139	0.5%

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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