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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Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 8

Mean: 0.90833540681762

Standard deviation: 0.8488059112867

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. 0	7037	35%
1	1. 1	8822	43.9%
2	2. 2	3466	17.2%
3	3. 3	627	3.1%
4	4. 4	106	0.5%
5	5. 5	31	0.2%
6	6. 6	4	0%
7	7. 7	1	0%
8	8. 8	1	0%

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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