General Household Survey 2004
South Africa, 2004
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Reference ID
ZAF_2004_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Metadata
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Jan 27, 2012
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Main dwelling (q41maind)
Data file: GHS 2004 House_v1
Overview
Valid:
26190
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
17
End:
18
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 | 16076 |
61.4%
|
| 2 | Traditional dwelling / Hut / Structure made of traditional materials | 3049 |
11.6%
|
| 3 | Flat or apartment in a block of flats | 1296 |
4.9%
|
| 4 | Town / Cluster / Semi-detached house (Simplex, Duplex or Triplex) | 851 |
3.2%
|
| 5 | Unit in retirement village | 64 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Dwelling / House / Flat/ room in backyard | 476 |
1.8%
|
| 7 | Informal dwelling / Shack in backyard | 812 |
3.1%
|
| 8 | Informal dwelling / Shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on farm | 1724 |
6.6%
|
| 9 | Room / Flatlet | 1206 |
4.6%
|
| 10 | Caravan / Tent | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Other | 599 |
2.3%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 16 |
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.