General Household Survey 2024
South Africa, 2024
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zaf-statssa-ghs-2024-v1
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Type of material used for the roof (hsg_roof)
Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cement block/concrete | 17 |
1.7%
|
| 2 | Corrugated iron/zinc | 422 |
42.2%
|
| 3 | Wood | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Plastic | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Cardboard | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Mud and cement mix | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | Wattle and daub | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Tile | 233 |
23.3%
|
| 9 | Mud | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Thatching/grass | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Asbestos | 316 |
31.6%
|
| 12 | OTHER ROOF MATERIAL | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 1 |
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.