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: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 4.4659865638218

Standard deviation: 0.9815786552961

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Every day	804	4%
2	2. 5-6 days	289	1.4%
3	3. 3-4 days	1479	7.4%
4	4. 1-2 days	3694	18.4%
5	5. NEVER	13828	68.8%
9	9. Unspecified	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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