General Household Survey 2019

South Africa, 2019

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-v1

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South African Household Survey Data African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research

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Type of main dwelling (HSG_MAIND)

Data file: zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-household-v1

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Valid: 999

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 12

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or on a farm	642	64.3%
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	1	0.1%
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats	60	6%
4	Cluster house in complex	9	0.9%
5	Townhouse (semi-detached house in complex)	14	1.4%
6	Semi-detached house	116	11.6%
7	Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	13	1.3%
8	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	39	3.9%
9	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm	97	9.7%
10	Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat	7	0.7%
11	Caravan/tent	0	0%
12	Other	1	0.1%

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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