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General Household Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024
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ZAF_2024_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Jul 08, 2025
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Data file: ghs-2024-person-v1

Cases: 1000
Variables: 114

Variables

uqnr
Unique number
personnr
Person number
psu
Primary sampling unit
prov
Province
Four_by_Four
Stayed Nights (B_Nights)
Sex
Gender
age
Age
age_grp1
Age group
Population
Population group
Languages
Languages
hhc_relationship
Relationship to the household head
hhc_marital
Marital status
spouse
Spouse/partner
spouse_name
Spouse number
hhc_fath_alive
Father alive
hhc_fath_parthh
Father part of the household
hhc_fath_name
Father person number
hhc_moth_alive
Mother still alive
hhc_moth_parthh
Mother part of the household
hhc_moth_name
Mother person number
education
Highest education level
ecd_chldatt
Type of ECD facility
ecd_notatt
Place where children spent most of their time during the day
ecd_notatt_rsn
Main reason for not attending the ECD facility
ecd_fees
Amount paid to attend the ECD facility
ecd_read
Read books/tell stories
ecd_sing
Sing
ecd_colour
Colour
ecd_object
Objects
ecd_count
Count
ecd_play
Play
ecd_care
Care
ecd_birth_cert
Birth certificate
edu_attend
Currently attending educational institution
edu_rsnn
Main reason for not attending an educational institution
edu_edui
Educational institution
edu_ppriv
Public or private institution
edu_corr
Distance learning classes
edu_mode_tr
Means of transport
edu_time
Time taken to school
edu_burs
Fee reductions or bursaries
edu_totfees
Total amount of tuition fees paid
edu_nofees
Reason for no fees payment
edu_grde
Current grade
edu_same
Repeat Grade
edu_food
School feeding scheme
edu_eatfood
Provision of food
edu_vlnc
Violence, corporal punishment or verbal abuse
edu_vlnc_corp
Corporal punishment by teacher
edu_vlnc_phyt
Physical violence by teacher
edu_vlnc_vert
Verbal abuse by teacher
edu_vlnc_verl
Verbal abuse by learners
edu_vlnc_phyl
Physical abuse
edu_abs
Absent from school
edu_abs_days
Number of days absent
edu_abs_rsn
Main reason absent
hlt_medi
Medical aid scheme
hlt_genhealth
Health status
hlt_chronic_asm
Asthma
hlt_chronic_dbt
Diabetes
hlt_chronic_can
Cancer
hlt_chronic_HIV
HIV and AIDS
hlt_chronic_hbp
Hypertension/high blood pressure
hlt_chronic_arth
Arthritis
hlt_chronic_strk
Stroke
hlt_chronic_tb
Tuberculosis
hlt_chronic_broncho
Pneumonia / Bronchitis
hlt_preg
Pregnancy
hlt_pregstat
Current status of pregnancy
dsb_see
Seeing
dsb_hea
Hearing
dsb_wal
Walking
dsb_rem
Remembering
dsb_sel
Self-care
dsb_com
Communication
soc_grant
Social grants
soc_grant_oag
Old-age grant
soc_grant_dis
Disability grant
soc_grant_csg
Child support grant
soc_grant_csg_topup
Child support grant top-up
soc_grant_car
Care dependency grant
soc_grant_fos
Foster care grant
soc_grant_grn
Grant-in-aid
soc_grant_srd
Special COVID-19 social relief of distress grant
Itp_cell
Own a mobile telephone
Itp_cell_sphone
Own a smart phone
lab_wge
Working for a wage, commission or salary
lab_bus
Business Activities
lab_vol
Work without remuneration
lab_ret
Return to work or business
lab_amount
Willing to disclose their earning
lab_sto
Total salary/pay
lab_salper
Salary period
lab_salc
Income categories
lab_transp
Means of transport to go to work
lab_mins
Time taken to place of employment
lab_sector
Sector of organisation/business or branch
lab_look
Looking for any kind of job or trying business
lab_start
Liked to work
lab_rnsw
Reason for not trying to find work or starting a business
lab_accjob
Start work or a business
lab_res_name
Person number of the respondent
undisab
UN Disability
disab
Disability
sevdisab
Severe disability
geotype
Geography Type
metro_code
Metro Code
metro
Metro
stratum
Stratum
lab_salary
Salary
employ_Status1
Employment status one
employ_Status2
Employment status two
rotation
Rotation
person_wgt
Person weight
Total: 114
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