NUHDSS-Household Amenities and characteristics Information for All Households 2002-2015

KENYA, 2002 - 2015
Nairobi Urban Health & Demographic Surveillance System

African Population and Health Research Center

CSV JSON

rents/owns dwelling unit/room in the structure (hha_rentorown)

Data file: NUHDSS_hhamenitiescharacteristics_anon

Overview

vald 443137

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is your household renting or does it own this dwelling unit/the rooms in which it is living in this structure?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	owned:purchased	2530	0.6%
2	owned:constructed	14822	3.3%
3	owned:inherited	4090	0.9%
4	renting from:individual	258650	58.4%
5	renting from:government	74	0%
6	renting from:local authority	9	0%
7	renting from:parastatal	129	0%
8	renting from:private company	61	0%
9	free of charge	8212	1.9%
10	other:caretaker/security	15	0%
11	other:belongs to/rent paid by religious entity	2	0%
12	other:belongs to/rent paid by relative/friend	82	0%
13	other:belongs to/rent paid by employer	5	0%
96	other	144	0%
97	refused	0	0%
98	don't know	46	0%
99	NIU (not in universe)	150721	34%
9999995	missing:impute	3545	0.8%

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.

Question pretext

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

The tenure status of the dwelling unit is different from the issue of land ownership. In most instances, slum dwellers do not own the land on which their structures are built, while in some instances, they may own such structures. Four broad categories of responses are envisaged when it comes to the tenure status of the dwelling unit in which the household lives:

· For dwelling units OWNED by the household: code '01' is used if the household PURCHASED it, '02' if it CONSTRUCTED it, and '03' if the dwelling unit is INHERITED.

· For dwelling units RENTED by the household: codes '04', '05', '06', '07', '08' are used if the dwelling unit is rented from an INDIVIDUAL, GOVERNMENT, LOCAL AUTHORITY, PARASTATAL, or a PRIVATE COMPANY respectively.

· The household may also be occupying a dwelling unit FREE OF CHARGE. For instance a relative may own the dwelling unit where the current household is staying (note that in this case the response is neither '01' nor '02' nor '03'). The household may also be staying free of charge in a structure owned by the government of Kenya (GoK) or any other agency.

· For cases where the respondent does not know, code 98 for 'Don't know” is used.

· In case the tenure status of the dwelling unit cannot be classified under any of the above category, code '96' for OTHER is used, and the type of tenure is specified.

Please Note:

PURCHASED: A member of the household has bought the structure or is currently paying for it in installments.

CONSTRUCTED: A member of the household has built the dwelling unit or has paid somebody else to build it;

INHERITED: A member of the household has acquired the dwelling unit, either legally or by a will. You should inquire about the circumstances of the inheritance; just accept the response given by the respondent.

INDIVIDUAL: Private individuals.

GOVERNMENT: Government of Kenya.

LOCAL AUTHORITY: Municipal and Nairobi City Council.

PARASTATAL: For instance Kenya Power and Lighting Co., Universities, Kenya Railways, etc…

OTHER: None of the above. Specify the tenure arrangement in such instance.

Description

Text

Whether the household rents/owns dwelling unit/room in the structure.

Universe

All households