General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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Reference ID

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 16, 2026

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Sex of household head (head_sex)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 2

Mean: 1.4474744961433

Standard deviation: 0.49724578999557

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Male	11103	55.3%
2	2. Female	8992	44.7%

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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