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General Household Survey 2021

South Africa, 2021
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ZAF_2021_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_ESS
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Government of South Africa, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)
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Type of main dwelling (hsg_maind)

Data file: ghs-2021-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 1000
Invalid: -
Type: Discrete
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
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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Source of information
Type of main dwelling

Imputation and derivation

Imputation
Type of main dwelling

Others

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Type of main dwelling
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