General Household Survey 2015
South Africa, 2015
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Other dwelling (Q51OthrD)
Data file: ghs_2015_house_v1.1_20160608
Overview
Valid:
21601
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
40
End:
41
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Indicate the type of main dwelling and other dwelling that the household occupies?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or on 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 | Town house (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 farm |
| 10 | Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat |
| 11 | Caravan/tent |
| 12 | Other (specify) |
| 99 | Unspecified |
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.
Interviewer instructions
This question is about the dwelling that the household occupies. The interest is in the main house and it also considers the other dwelling(s) if there is more than one structure that belongs to the household. The instruction to the enumerator is to make sure the respondent understands the kind of information requested. For example, the other dwelling cannot exist without the main dwelling, while the latter can exist without the former. For any other material used that is not specified in the given categories, provision is made in Code 12 (Other) to complete the required information.
There should be only one mark for each category.
There should be only one mark for each category.
Description
Universe
All households in the selected dwelling units.