Census 2022, 10% Sample

South Africa, 2022

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ZAF_2022_SAC_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Feb 24, 2026

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Main reason of moving (P16_MAIN_REASON)

Data file: sa-census-2022-person-v1

Overview

Valid: 4230792

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Start a business/ Other business reasons (e.g. expansion of business)
2	Look for paid work
3	Job transfer/take up new job opportunity
4	Divorce/separation
5	Moving as a household to accompany a household member (for health, education, employment etc.)
6	New dwelling for household
7	Moving to live with or be closer to spouse (marriage), family, friends, partner
8	Education (e.g. studying, schooling, training)
9	Health (e.g. poor/ill health)
10	Retirement
11	Job loss/retrenchment/contract ended
12	For better municipal services
13	Political instability/religious conflict/persecution
14	High levels of crime
15	Drought/natural disaster
16	Other
17	Do not know
88	Not applicable
99	Unspecified

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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