General Household Survey 2019

South Africa, 2019

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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

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Type of material used for the roof (HSG_ROOF)

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

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Valid: 999

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 13

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Cement block/concrete	45	4.5%
2	Corrugated iron/zinc	341	34.1%
3	Wood	0	0%
4	Plastic	0	0%
5	Cardboard	0	0%
6	Mud and cement mix	0	0%
7	Wattle and daub	1	0.1%
8	Tile	250	25%
9	Mud	0	0%
10	Thatching/grass	5	0.5%
11	Asbestos	356	35.6%
12	Other	1	0.1%
13	Unspecified	0	0%

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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