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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Marital status (hhc_marital)

Data file: ghs-2025-person-v1

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Valid: 0

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Type: Discrete

Width: 81

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. Legally married
2	2. Living together like husband and wife/partners
3	3. Divorced
4	4. Separated, but still legally married
5	5. Widowed
6	6. Single, but have lived together with someone as husband/wife before
7	7. Single and have never been married/never lived together as husband/wife before
9	9. 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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