General Household Survey 2021

South Africa, 2021

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Type of main dwelling (hsg_maind)

Data file: ghs-2021-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: -

Type: Discrete

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
1	Dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or on a farm
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats
4	Cluster house in complex
5	Townhouse (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 an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm
10	Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat
12	Other dwelling type

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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