Income and Expenditure Survey 2022-2023

South Africa, 2022 - 2023

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zaf-statssa-ies-2022-2023-v1.1

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https://doi.org/10.25828/z52z-re15

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South African Income Survey Data

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Type of main dwelling (IRD_MAIND)

Data file: ies-2022-2023-households-v1.1

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Valid: 19940

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 12

loc_end_pos: 13

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 12

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Formal dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure	14648	73.5%
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	934	4.7%
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats	516	2.6%
4	Cluster house in security complex	52	0.3%
5	Town house (semi-detached house in a complex)	117	0.6%
6	Semi-detached house	193	1%
7	Formal dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	870	4.4%
8	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	1102	5.5%
9	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard	1166	5.8%
10	Room/apartment on a property or an apartment in a larger dwelling, servant's quarters/granny flat/cottage	298	1.5%
11	Caravan/tent	7	0%
12	Other	37	0.2%

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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