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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Jun 02, 2026

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Relationship to the household head (hhc_relationship)

Data file: ghs-2025-person-v1

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Valid: 0

Minimum:

Maximum:

Mean:

Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 64

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Head/acting head
2	2. Husband/wife/partner of household head
3	3. Son/daughter/stepchild/adopted child of household head
4	4. Brother/sister/stepbrother/stepsister of household head
5	5. Father/mother/stepfather/stepmother of household head
6	6. Grandparent/great grandparent of household head
7	7. Grandchild/great grandchild of household head
8	8. Other relative (e.g. in-laws or aunt/uncle) of household head
9	9. Non-related persons
99	99. Unspecified

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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