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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South African Household Survey Data

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Jun 02, 2026

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Jun 16, 2026

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Population group of household head (head_popgrp)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Mean: 1.2923612839015

Standard deviation: 0.77719362592132

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. African/Black	17000	84.6%
2	2. Coloured	1525	7.6%
3	3. Indian/Asian	360	1.8%
4	4. White	1210	6%

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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