Demographic and Health Survey 2016
South Africa

South Africa, 2016

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zaf-doh-statssa-dhs-2016-v1

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National Department of Health, Medical Research Council, Statistics South Africa

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type of dwelling (sh141a)

Data file: ZAPR71FL

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 297

loc_end_pos: 298

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 96

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand/yard/farm
2	traditional dwelling/hut structure made of traditional materials
3	flat or apartment in block of flats
4	cluster house in complex
5	town house/semi-detached house in complex
6	semi-detached house
7	dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard
8	informal dwelling/shack in backyard
9	informal dwelling/shack not in backyard (e.g. in informal/squatter settlement or
10	room/flatlet on property or larger dwelling/servant's quarters/granny flat
11	caravan or tent
96	other

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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