General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

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

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Jun 02, 2026

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Main reason for not attending an educational institution (edu_rsnn)

Data file: ghs-2025-person-v1

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Valid: 0

Minimum:

Maximum:

Mean:

Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 84

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Too old/young
2	2. Has completed education/satisfied with my level of education/do not want to study
3	3. School/education institution is too far
4	4. Difficulties to get to school (transport)
5	5. No money for fees
6	6. He or she is working at home or business/job
7	7. Family commitment (e.g. child minding)
8	8. Education is useless or not interesting
9	9. Unable to perform at school
10	10. Illness
11	11. Pregnancy
12	12. Failed exams
13	13. Got married
14	14. Disability
15	15. Violence in school
16	16. Not accepted for enrolment
17	17. Do not have time/too busy
18	18. Other reason for not attending an educational institution
88	88. Not applicable
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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