Post Apartheid Labour Market Series 1993-2025

South Africa, 1993 - 2025

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zaf-df-palms-1993-2025-v4

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Andrew Kerr, David Lam, Martin Wittenberg

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type of dwelling of household (dwelltype)

Data file: palmsv4

Overview

Valid: 1434662

Invalid: 6012898

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 260

loc_end_pos: 260

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. dwelling/house or brick structure on a separate stand or	932873	65%
2	2. traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional ma	229510	16%
3	3. flat or apartment in a block of flats	37623	2.6%
4	4. town/cluster/semi-detached house (simplex, duplex or trip	43108	3%
5	5. informal dwelling/shack in backyard	30714	2.1%
6	6. informal dwelling/shack not in backyard	100901	7%
7	7. other (includes caravan, retirement village, room/flatlet	59933	4.2%
Sysmiss		6012898

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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