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Table 4.1

 

Physical Conditions: Pakistan

 

PAKISTAN

Total

Rural

Urban

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS

1980

1998

1980

1998

1980

1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. of Housing units

 12,587,650

 19,211,740

 9,033,475

13,181,175

3,554,173

6,030,565

Rental Housing (%)

7.73

8.64

2.16

2.22

21.87

22.66

Owned Housing (%)

 78.38

81.19

82.60

86.80

67.68

68.92

One Room Houses (%)

51.54

38.11

55.06

41.65

42.58

30.38

2-4 Room Houses (%)

10.78

15.97

9.63

14.54

13.68

19.11

Persons/ housing unit

6.7

6.8

6.6

6.8

7.0

7.0

Persons/ room

3.5

3.1

3.6

3.2

3.2

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Connections (%)

30.58

70.46

14.66

60.07

71.04

93.14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piped Water in house (%)

12.62

28.08

2.53

13.37

38.26

60.22

Piped Water outside house (%)

7.72

4.18

2.88

3.89

20.04

4.81

Water: rest from handpumps,

ponds, canals etc. (%)

79.65

67.74

94.59

82.74

41.70

34.97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate Latrine

-

28.58

-

18.46

63.53

50.68

Shared Latrine with other housing unit

-

20.44

-

12.29

9.37

38.26

No Latrine

-

50.98

-

69.25

27.10

11.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RCC roofs (%)

8.55

21.39

1.50

10.43

26.49

45.35

 

Source: Housing Census Report of Pakistan 1980, Government of Pakistan and 1998 Census Report of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan


 


 

Table 4.2

 

Physical Conditions: Provinces

 

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS

Total

Rural

Urban

N.W.F.P.

1980

1998

1980

1998

1980

1998

No. of Housing units

1,615,616

2,210,455

 1,814,707

368,748

Rental Housing (%)

 9.99

8.5

6.2

4.4

32.2

28.9

Owned Housing (%)

75.09

80.6

78.4

84.0

55.9

63.7

One Room Houses (%)

49.77

27.7

28.61

23.28

2-4 Room Houses (%)

11.03

18.69

18.39

20.22

Persons/ housing unit

7.0

8.0

8.0

7.9

Persons/ room

3.6

3.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Connections (%)

33.48

72.2

25.5

67.4

80.5

95.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piped Water in house (%)

7.95

27.2

3.6

21.9

34.0

53.5

Piped Water outside house (%)

9.09

12.3

6.7

12.7

23.6

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