Goal 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Indicator 11.1.1 - Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements, or inadequate housing

Percentage of occupied housing units in US urban areas that are severely inadequate

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Percentage of occupied housing units in US urban areas that are severely inadequate

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SDG Indicator Name Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements, or inadequate housing
SDG Target Addressed By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums.
Definition of SDG Indicator Proportion of people living in households lacking at least one of the following five housing conditions: access to improved water
UN Designated Tier 1
UN Custodial Agency UN Habitat (Partnering Agencies: UNEP)

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Method of computation for global SDG indicator access to improved sanitation facilities
Graph Title Percentage of occupied housing units in US urban areas that are severely inadequate
Actual indicator available Percentage of occupied housing units in urban areas that are inadequate
Description of actual indicator available Percentage of occupied housing units in urban areas that are moderately inadequate, severely inadequate, and all inadequate.
Method of computation 2007-2013: Using microdata of the American Housing Survey national public use files. Tabulate ZADEQ (recoded adequacy of housing, values '2' and '3') for occupied units (STATUS='1') in urban areas (METRO3 IN['1','2','4','9']), weighted by WGT90GEO. Percent of all occupied in urban areas. See AHS codebook for full description of variables: http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/tech-documentation/codebooks/ahs-codebook.html 2015 and later: Using internal use file of the American Housing Survey. Tabulate ADEQUACY (recoded adequacy of housing, values '2' and '3') for occupied units (INTSTATUS='1') in urban areas (URBAN_2010 IN('1','2')). See online codebook at https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/codebook/ahs/ahsdict.html.
Comments and limitations Occupied housing units only. No group quarters or homeless. Slums and informal housing are not defined.
Periodicity Biennial, odd-numbered years
Time Period 2007-2015
Unit of measure Percent of all occupied housing units (households)
Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) Moderately inadequate (ZADEQ = '2'), Severely inadequate (ZADEQ='3'); For 2015 and later, variable name is ADEQUACY, but coding is the same.
Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage)
Date of public data release from National source July 2017
Date of last Update of This Page October 5, 2017
Scheduled Update by National source October 2019
Scheduled Update by SDG Team
Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) David A. Vandenbroucke
Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) david.a.vandenbroucke@hud.gov
Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) American Housing Survey
Indicator web address (closest to data provided) http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs.html
International and National References NA