General Household Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024

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ZAF_2024_GHS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

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Government of South Africa, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

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Agricultural Surveys

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Apr 01, 2026

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Jun 02, 2026

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Main income source (fin_inc_main)

Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Salaries/wages/commission
2	Income from a business
3	Remittances (money received from people living elsewhere)
4	Pensions
5	Grants (include old-age grant here)
6	Sales of farm products and services
7	Other income sources, e.g. rental income, interest
8	No income
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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