General Household Survey 2020

South Africa, 2020

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ZAF_2020_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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Type of main dwelling (hsg_maind)

Data file: ghs-2020-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 8896

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 12

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 38

End: 39

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 a farm	6833	76.8%
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	535	6%
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats	167	1.9%
4	Cluster house in complex	10	0.1%
5	Townhouse (semi-detached house in complex)	58	0.7%
6	Semi-detached house	101	1.1%
7	Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	239	2.7%
8	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	209	2.3%
9	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm	552	6.2%
10	Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat	159	1.8%
11	Caravan/tent	1	0%
12	Other	32	0.4%

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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