Notes
An institution is one that is not occupied by a household. It includes institutions such as a prison, hotel, hostel, home for the aged, etc.
The questionnaire used in institutions included a question on the type of the institution. The response options provided were:
• Tourist hotel/motel
• Residential hotel/boarding house/private hotel
• Home for the aged
• Home for the disabled (sight, hearing, physical or mental)
• Hospital/medical facility/clinic (including mental hospitals)
• Hostel/compound for workers provided by mines, other employers, municipalities or local authorities
• Shelter for the homeless/night shelter/refuge
• School hostel/hostel at an educational institution
• Child care institution/orphanage
• Children’s correctional institution/place of safety
• Initiation school
• Prison/correctional services institution/police cells
• Police quarters
• Nurses’ quarters/doctors’ quarters
• Church hall/community centre/recreation centre
• Convent/monastery/religious retreat/mission stations
• Caravan park/camping site/marina
• Diplomatic mission abroad
• Defence force
• Refugee settlements
• Ships in the harbours
• South African islands
• Border posts
• Other