Dataset: Community Survey 2007 (Housing information)

Variable H01_Hu: Type of main dwelling

Literal Question

Which of the following types best describes the main dwelling unit that this household occupies?

Values Categories N NW
1 House or brick structure on a separate stand or yard 144992 7,406,797.2
 59.3%
2 Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional material 33549 1,459,376.7
 11.7%
3 Flat in block of flats 9693 595,943.2
 4.8%
4 Town/cluster/semi-detached house (simplex, duplex, triplex) 5421 337,374.5
 2.7%
5 House/flat/room in backyard 6772 364,038.4
 2.9%
6 Informal dwelling/shack in backyard 11323 590,194.4
 4.7%
7 Informal dwelling/shack NOT in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement 23794 1,214,235.7
 9.7%
8 Room/flatlet NOT in backyard but on a shared property 2386 115,361.5
 0.9%
9 Caravan or tent 334 15,114.8
 0.1%
10 Private ship/boat 87 4,254.6
 0.0%
11 Workers' hostel (bed/room) 7435 360,152.0
 2.9%
12 Other 832 37,766.0
 0.3%

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 246618 1.2500608992E7
Missing cases 0 0.0
Minimum 1.0
Maximum 12.0
This variable is numeric

Universe

All households

Notes

This question was asked to ascertain the type of dwelling that the household occupied. Enumerators were instructed to record by their observation where possible, otherwise they should read out descriptions to the respondent. For any other material used that was not specified in the given categories, provision was made in code 12 to specify the type of dwelling. Only one category should be recorded.

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