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Population Census, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Number of other households sharing the room (ZA1996A_NSHAREDH)

Data file: ZAF1996_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 133
End: 134
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section B:</span>
<br /><svar v="ZA96A022 ZA96A023 ZA96A024 ZA96A026 ZA96A027 ZA96A028 ZA96A029"><span class="em">Please answer questions related to this household</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ZA96A026 ZA96A027 ZA96A028 ZA96A029"><span class="em">This dwelling is the place (house, flat etc.) In which this household spent census night</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA96A028">1.5.1. (If 1 room for the whole household) Do you share this room with any other households?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 = Yes<br />[] 2 = No</div><br />1.5.2. _ (If "Yes") How many households?<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Not sharing (or unspecified)
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10 or more
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of households sharing one room.
Universe
South Africa 1996: Private households living in a single room [discrepancies: none]

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