General Household Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
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Reference ID
ZAF_2008_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Highest education level (q19hiedu)
Data file: GHS 2008 Person_v1
Overview
Valid:
94744
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
67
End:
68
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
1.9 What is the highest level of education that ...... has successfully completed?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | No schooling | 17967 |
19%
|
| 1 | Grade R/0 | 2926 |
3.1%
|
| 2 | Sub A/Grade 1 | 2900 |
3.1%
|
| 3 | Sub B/Grade 2 | 2887 |
3%
|
| 4 | Grade 3/Standard 1 | 3629 |
3.8%
|
| 5 | Grade 4/Standard 2 | 4036 |
4.3%
|
| 6 | Grade 5/Standard 3 | 4255 |
4.5%
|
| 7 | Grade 6/Standard 4 | 4924 |
5.2%
|
| 8 | Grade 7/Standard 5 | 5944 |
6.3%
|
| 9 | Grade 8/Standard 6/Form 1 | 6556 |
6.9%
|
| 10 | Grade 9/Standard 7/Form 2 | 6188 |
6.5%
|
| 11 | Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3 | 7210 |
7.6%
|
| 12 | Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4 | 6710 |
7.1%
|
| 13 | Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric | 12448 |
13.1%
|
| 14 | NTC I | 90 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | NTC II | 67 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | NTC III | 165 |
0.2%
|
| 17 | Certificate with less than grade 12/STD 10 | 274 |
0.3%
|
| 18 | Diploma with less than grade 12/STD 10 | 315 |
0.3%
|
| 19 | Certificate with grade 12/STD 10 | 1047 |
1.1%
|
| 20 | Diploma with grade 12/STD 10 | 2041 |
2.2%
|
| 21 | Bachelor's Degree | 700 |
0.7%
|
| 22 | Bachelor's Degree and Diploma | 268 |
0.3%
|
| 23 | Honours Degree | 258 |
0.3%
|
| 24 | Higher Degree (Masters, Doctorate) | 227 |
0.2%
|
| 25 | Other | 138 |
0.1%
|
| 26 | Do not know | 410 |
0.4%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 164 |
0.2%
|
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.