National Income Dynamics Study 2008
Wave 1

South Africa, 2008

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zaf-saldru-nids-2008-v7.0.0

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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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National Income Dynamics Study African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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d1 - Type of dwelling (w1_h_dwltyp)

Data file: HHQuestionnaire_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 7296

Invalid: -

Type: Discrete

Width: 92

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
-3	Missing
1	Dwelling/house or brick 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	Town/cluster/semi-detached house (simplex, duplex or triplex)
5	Unit in retirement village
6	Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard
7	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard
8	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/ squatter settlement or on farm
9	Room/flatlet
10	Caravan/tent
11	Other (specify)

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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