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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 |
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