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Community Survey 2016

South Africa, 2016
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Reference ID
ZAF_2016_CS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Aug 14, 2017
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Language most spoken in the household (Language)

Data file: cs-2016-person

Overview

Valid: 3328867
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 99
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 52
End: 53
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Afrikaans 307645
9.2%
2 English 175785
5.3%
3 Isindebele 54098
1.6%
4 Isixhosa 592232
17.8%
5 Isizulu 821715
24.7%
6 Sepedi 341540
10.3%
7 Sesotho 294115
8.8%
8 Setswana 319774
9.6%
9 Sign language 515
0%
10 Siswati 92712
2.8%
11 Tshivenda 87494
2.6%
12 Xitsonga 151530
4.6%
13 Khoi; nama and san languages 734
0%
14 Other 27281
0.8%
88 Not applicable 61293
1.8%
99 Not specified 404
0%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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