General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25828/a4a6-p161

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Household Survey Data

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Jun 02, 2026

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Jun 02, 2026

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Main income source (fin_inc_main)

Data file: ghs-2025-hh-v1

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Valid: 0

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Type: Discrete

Width: 60

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Salaries/wages/commission
2	2. Income from a business
3	3. Remittances (money received from people living elsewhere)
4	4. Pensions
5	5. Grants (include old-age grant here)
6	6. Sales of farm products and services
7	7. Other income sources, e.g. rental income, interest
8	8. No income
99	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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