General Household Survey 2020

South Africa, 2020

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ZAF_2020_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-2020-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

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	681	68.1%
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	51	5.1%
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats	57	5.7%
4	Cluster house in complex	4	0.4%
5	Townhouse (semi-detached house in complex)	18	1.8%
6	Semi-detached house	52	5.2%
7	Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	9	0.9%
8	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	36	3.6%
9	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm	81	8.1%
10	Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat	4	0.4%
11	Caravan/tent	1	0.1%
12	Other	6	0.6%

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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