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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

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate Latrine

-

24.51

-

21.09

59.67

41.57

Shared Latrine with other housing unit

-

18.17

-

13.86

7.30

39.68

No Latrine

-

57.32

-

65.04

33.00

18.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RCC roofs (%)

4.79

16.4

2.3

11.8

19.6

39.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALUCHISTAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. of Housing units

592,814 

971,116 

775,954 

-

195,162

Rental Housing (%)

4.58

4.99

1.03

1.14

23.99

20.31

Owned Housing (%)

84.02 

86.64

87.84

90.45

63.14

71.48

One Room Houses (%)

60.47

42.77

64.25

46.66

39.79

27.33

2-4 Room Houses (%)

9.30

13.84

12.37

19.68

Persons/ housing unit

7.6

6.7

7.6

6.4

7.6

7.8

Persons/ room

4.2

3.05

4.5

3.05

3.2

3.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Connections (%)

13.48

46.62

6.33

36.87

54.95

85.37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piped Water in house (%)

6.56

25.31

1.07

14.84

36.61

66.94

Piped Water outside house (%)

7.65

4.33

3.16

4.01

32.21

5.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate Latrine

-

18.58

-

14.46

63.66

34.94

Shared Latrine with other housing unit

-

29.26

-

23.61

9.93

51.70

No Latrine

-

52.16

-

61.92

26.41

13.36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RCC roofs (%)

2.77

5.19

0.81

1.42

13.51

20.19

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS

Total

Rural

Urban

PUNJAB

1980

1998

1980

1998

1980

1998

No. of Housing units

 7,538,326

10,537,127

7,336,193

3,200,934

Rental Housing (%)

6.18

7.1

1.5

2.0

19.3

18.9

Owned Housing (%)

79.31

83.0

82.4

87.3

70.6

73.0

One Room Houses (%)

47.94

31.97

33.78

27.81

2-4 Room Houses (%)

11.59

17.82

17.08

19.53

Persons/ housing unit

6.5

6.9

6.9

7.1

Persons/ room

3.3

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Connections (%)

29.06

72.49

13.6

63.34

72.7

93.45

Piped Water in house (%)

 10.84

24.34

2.1

11.03

35.7

54.80

Piped Water outside house (%)

3.21

2.18

1.3

1.69

8.4

3.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate Latrine

-

26.52

-

15.08

57.08

52.75

Shared Latrine with other housing unit

-

15.76

-

7.91

9.62

33.75

No Latrine

-

57.72

-

77.01

33.30

13.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RCC roofs (%)

6.78

21.9

1.3

12.6

22.2

43.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SINDH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. of Housing units

 2,781,873

5,022,392

2,850,989

2,171,403

 

Rental Housing (%)

10.72

12.20

1.10

1.55

22.98

26.19

 

Owned Housing (%)

77.04

76.90

85.35

86.00

66.45

64.96

 

One Room Houses (%)

61.02

56.94

72.84

72.69

45.95

36.25

 

2-4 Room Houses (%)

8.57

10.64

5.03

18.01

 

Persons/ housing unit

7.1

6.0

7.1

5.5

7.0

6.8

 

Persons/ room

3.94

3.33

4.73

3.93

3.33

3.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Connections (%)

35.92

70.08

10.94

52.62

67.76

93.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piped Water in house (%)

20.85

37.17

3.76

13.53

42.63

68.21

 

Piped Water outside house (%)

19.21 

4.53

4.90

3.29

37.45

6.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate Latrine

-

35.36

-

24.23

74.71

49.97

 

Shared Latrine with other housing unit

-

30.57

-

20.08

9.51

44.33

 

No Latrine

-

34.08

-

55.69

15.79

5.70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RCC roofs (%)

15.94

25.53

1.38

6.44

34.48

50.60

 

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