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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Current status of pregnancy (hlt_pregstat)

Data file: ghs-2025-person-v1

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Valid: 0

Minimum:

Maximum:

Mean:

Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 121

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Currently still pregnant
2	2. The child has been born alive
3	3. The child died in the womb or during childbirth after the 7th month of pregnancy (stillbirth)
4	4. The child died in the womb or the pregnancy ended before the 7th month of pregnancy (spontaneous abortion/miscarriage)
5	5. The pregnancy was ended by choice before the child was born (termination of pregnancy/abortion by choice)
8	8. Not applicable

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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