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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Type of dwelling (usual residence) (DWELTYP2)

Data file: SA Census 1980_Bophuthatswana_v1_2

Overview

Valid: 1512002

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 16

loc_end_pos: 16

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Answer this part in respect of every person at midnight between 6 and 7 May 1980. (Only one person per column.)

Literal question

9. Usual place of residence: State full residential address. See instructions 2e. If the same as the address at the top of this form, write "HERE". Also state TYPE OF DWELLING at address on 6 May 1980, e.g. house, flat, hotel, etc.
(1) Now 6 May 1980……………..….
(2) 5 years ago May 1975……………

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	House, hut (Traditional home)	1412581	93.4%
2	Semi-detached house	23696	1.6%
3	Flat	11021	0.7%
4	Flat on same erf as house	1460	0.1%
8	Hostel or Kampong	38720	2.6%
9	Other type of dwelling	24524	1.6%

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

2 (e) QUESTION 9 - In the case of a child at boarding school, university or undergoing military training or a living-in dervant his/her home address should be entered, i.e. where the person's family lives.

Description

Definition

This is the dwelling type at the usual residence of the household member.

Universe

Answer this part in respect of every person at midnight between 6 and 7 May 1980. (Only one person per column.)

Source of information

Household member

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