General Household Survey 2023

South Africa, 2023

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2023-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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May 24, 2024

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Marital status (hhc_marital)

Data file: ghs-2023-person-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 81

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Legally married	274	27.4%
2	2. Living together like husband and wife/partners	83	8.3%
3	3. Divorced	28	2.8%
4	4. Separated, but still legally married	4	0.4%
5	5. Widowed	54	5.4%
6	6. Single, but have lived together with someone as husband/wife before	3	0.3%
7	7. Single and have never been married/never lived together as husband/wife before	554	55.4%
9	9. Unspecified	0	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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