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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Relationship to the household head (hhc_relationship)

Data file: ghs-2024-person-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	Head/acting head
2	Husband/wife/partner of household head
3	Son/daughter/stepchild/adopted child of household head
4	Brother/sister/stepbrother/stepsister of household head
5	Father/mother/stepfather/stepmother of household head
6	Grandparent/great grandparent of household head
7	Grandchild/great grandchild of household head
8	Other relative (e.g. in-laws or aunt/uncle) of household head
9	Non-related persons
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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