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Population Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Type of dwelling (ZA1996A_0026)

Data file: ZAF1996-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 126
End: 127
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section B:

Please answer questions related to this household




This dwelling is the place (house, flat etc.) In which this household spent census night




1.4. Which type of dwelling does this household occupy? (If this household lives in more than one dwelling, circle the main type of dwelling.)

[] 1 = House or brick structure on a separate stand or yard
[] 2 = Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials
[] 3 = Flat in block of flats
[] 4 = Town/cluster/semi-detached house (simplex, duplex or triplex)
[] 5 = Unit in retirement village
[] 6 = House/flat/room, in backyard
[] 7 = Informal dwelling/shack, in backyard
[] 8 = Informal dwelling/shack, not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement
[] 9 = Room/flatlet not in backyard but on a shared property
[] 10 = Caravan/tent
[] 11 = None/homeless
____ = Other, specify
Categories
Value Category
1 House or brick structure on separate stand
2 Traditional dwelling
3 Flat in block of flats
4 Town/cluster/semi-detached house
5 Unit in retirement village
6 House/flat/room in backyard
7 Informal dwelling/shack in backyard
8 Informal dwelling/shack elsewhere
9 Room/flatlet on shared property
10 Caravan/tent
11 None/homeless
12 Other
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the dwelling type. If there was more than one dwelling, identifies the main type of dwelling.
Universe
Private households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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