F - Living conditions
29. Type of dwelling unit
[] 1 Traditional
[] 2 Mixed
[] 3 Detached
[] 4 Semi- Detached
[] 5 Flat/ Townhouse
[] 6 Shack
[] 7 Other
Section F: Living Conditions
This section seeks information on the living environment and touches on such aspects as access to electricity and toilets, sources of drinking water etc.
Responses to Questions 28 to 33 are pre-coded and you have to shade the correct response.
Q29 Type of dwelling unit
This refers to the kind of housing occupied by the household. Emphasis should be on dwelling units used only including the kitchen. Any other buildings are not necessary.
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The explanations of these categories are as follows:
1 Traditional
This is the old style family settlement in which a number of buildings are made of pole and dagga/bricks with thatched roofs and are used for living.
2 Mixed
This type is found in old style family settlements where one or more of the buildings in a cluster are built of materials more modern than pole and dagga/bricks and thatch.
If, for example, one of the buildings is of brick with a corrugated iron roof and the rest are of pole and dagga, the type of dwelling is considered "mixed".
3 Detached
This is a structurally separate dwelling that is built of materials other than pole and dagga. Access to the street is by means of a path, or step, directly on the pavement, not shared by other dwellings, and which can be properly regarded as part of the house and/or its garden. A main house (modern) and outbuildings (modern) on one stand/plot are considered as detached.
4 Semi-detached
This consists of one of two dwellings with a common wall between them, with their gardens separated by, e.g. a fence, hedge or wall and whose access to the street meet the conditions as given for the detached house.
5 Flat/town-house
One of three or more dwellings in a line or row, divided by common walls, with their gardens separated by fences, hedges or walls, and whose separate accesses to the street meet the conditions as given for the detached house. In rural areas the supervisor is to check if such type of dwelling units is found.
6 Shack
Dwelling unit constructed out of any cheap, locally available material such as plastic and wood material.
7 Other
This may include temporary dwelling such as a tent, houseboat or bunker, caravan and wooden cabin that is not intended for permanent occupation.