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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run out of food for 5 or more days in the past 30 days (fsd_ranout_days)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Mean: 6.8263747200796

Standard deviation: 2.5140119067621

Type: Discrete

Width: 17

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Yes	1882	9.4%
2	2. No	1735	8.6%
8	8. Not applicable	16478	82%

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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