General Household Survey 2025
South Africa, 2025
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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1
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Highest education level (education)
Data file: ghs-2025-person-v1
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Valid:
0
Minimum:
Maximum:
Mean:
Standard deviation:
Type:
Discrete
Width:
119
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0. GRADE R/0 |
| 1 | 1. GRADE 1/SUB A/CLASS 1 |
| 2 | 2. GRADE 2/SUB B/CLASS 2 |
| 3 | 3. GRADE 3/STANDARD 1/ABET/AET 1 |
| 4 | 4. GRADE 4/STANDARD 2 |
| 5 | 5. GRADE 5/STANDARD 3/ABET/AET 2 |
| 6 | 6. GRADE 6/STANDARD 4 |
| 7 | 7. GRADE 7/STANDARD 5/ABET/AET 3 |
| 8 | 8. GRADE 8/STANDARD 6/FORM 1 |
| 9 | 9. GRADE 9/STANDARD 7/FORM 2/ABET/AET 4/NCV LEVEL 1/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE - NQF LEVEL 1 |
| 10 | 10. GRADE 10/STANDARD 8/FORM 3/NCV LEVEL 2/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEV EL 2 |
| 11 | 11. GRADE 11/STANDARD 9/FORM 4/NCV LEVEL 3/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEV EL 3 |
| 12 | 12. GRADE 12/STANDARD 10/FORM 5/NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE/MATRIC/ NCV LEVEL 4 /OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEVEL 4 |
| 13 | 13. NTC L/N1/NQF 1 |
| 14 | 14. NTC LL/N2/NQF 2 |
| 15 | 15. NTC LLL/N3/NQF 3 |
| 16 | 16. N4/NTC 4/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEVEL 5 |
| 17 | 17. N5/NTC 5/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEVEL 5 |
| 18 | 18. N6/NTC 6/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEVEL 5 |
| 19 | 19. CERTIFICATE WITH LESS THAN GRADE 12/STANDARD 10 |
| 20 | 20. DIPLOMA WITH LESS THAN GRADE 12/STANDARD 10 |
| 21 | 21. HIGHER/NATIONAL/ADVANCE CERTIFICATE WITH GRADE 12/STD 10/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEVEL 5 |
| 22 | 22. DIPLOMA WITH GRADE 12/STANDARD 10/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEVEL 6 |
| 23 | 23. HIGHER DIPLOMA/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE (B-TECH DIPLOMA) NQF LEVEL 7 |
| 24 | 24. BACHELORS DEGREE/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEVEL 7 |
| 25 | 25. HONOURS DEGREE/POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE NQF LEVEL 8 |
| 26 | 26. POST HIGHER DIPLOMA (M-TECH AND MASTER'S DEGREE) NQF LEVEL 9 |
| 27 | 27. DOCTORAL DEGREES (D-TECH AND PHD) NQF LEVEL 10 |
| 28 | 28. OTHER THAN ANY OF THE ABOVE |
| 29 | 29. DO NOT KNOW |
| 98 | 98. NO SCHOOLING |
| 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.