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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Use of agricultural products and stock keeping (agr_mainuse)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Mean: 7.015526250311

Standard deviation: 1.8704317071391

Type: Discrete

Width: 49

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. As a main source of food for the household	434	2.2%
2	2. As the main source of income/earning a living	105	0.5%
3	3. As an extra source of income	232	1.2%
4	4. As an extra source of food for the household	3516	17.5%
5	5. As a leisure activity or hobby, e.g. gardening	297	1.5%
8	8. Not applicable	15511	77.2%

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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