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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South African Population Censuses and Surveys

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Oct 18, 2012

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Ownership of dwelling (OWNERSHP)

Data file: SA Census 1980_Bophuthatswana_v1_2

Overview

Valid: 1512002

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 203

loc_end_pos: 203

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

4. OWNERSHIP – Do not answer this question if your dwelling is on a farm.
Mark with a cross (X) where applicable and answer only (i) or (ii).

Literal question

(i) Own dwelling – (Including hire-purchase, sectional title property or property of wife):
(a) Is the dwelling Fully paid, Partly paid-off
(ii) Rented or occupied free dwelling :
(a) Is the dwelling Occupied free, Rented furnished Rented unfurnished

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		1446404	95.7%
1	Paid off in full	21695	1.4%
2	Paid off partially	5954	0.4%
3	Free accommodation	10461	0.7%
4	Rented	27488	1.8%

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

(d) If the head of the family is absent from his/her home-dwelling, but other members of the family are at home, this part must not be filled in by him/her, but must be filled in by a member of the family at his/her home address.

Description

Definition

This variable records the ownership status of the dwelling

Source of information

Household member

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