South African Census 1980

South Africa, 1980

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zaf-dos-census-1980-v1.3

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Department of Statistics (now Statistics South Africa)

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Statistics South Africa

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House: bedrooms (RMSBED)

Data file: SA Census 1980_Bophuthatswana_v1_2

Overview

Valid: 1512002

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

loc_start_pos: 166

loc_end_pos: 169

Width: 4

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Particulars of the dwelling (house, semi-detached house or flat)

Literal question

Bedrooms

Categories

Value	Cases
0	1255999	83.1%
1	89261	5.9%
2	93229	6.2%
3	47715	3.2%
4	15775	1%
5	3648	0.2%
6	1352	0.1%
7	454	0%
8	164	0%
9	4405	0.3%

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.

Interviewer instructions

4. Instructions for filling in Part C:
(a) The term "flat" includes flats in blocks of flats as well as the so-called duplex and simplex flats,
which in many cases are separate units. On the other hand, the so-called "cluster houses" which are
encountered in unit-forming buildings must, for census purposes, be regarded as semi-detached
houses.

Description

Definition

This variable records the number of bedrooms in the house, semi-detached house or flat.

Source of information

Household member

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