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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Apr 01, 2026
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- ghs-2024-hhold-v1
- ghs-2024-person-v1
Highest education level (education)
Data file: ghs-2024-person-v1
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | GRADE R/0 |
| 1 | GRADE 1/SUB A/CLASS 1 |
| 2 | GRADE 2/SUB B/CLASS 2 |
| 3 | GRADE 3/STANDARD 1/ABET/AET 1 |
| 4 | GRADE 4/STANDARD 2 |
| 5 | GRADE 5/STANDARD 3/ABET/AET 2 |
| 6 | GRADE 6/STANDARD 4 |
| 7 | GRADE 7/STANDARD 5/ABET/AET 3 |
| 8 | GRADE 8/STANDARD 6/FORM 1 |
| 9 | GRADE 9/STANDARD 7/FORM 2/ABET/AET 4/NCV LEVEL 1/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE - NQF LEVEL 1 |
| 10 | GRADE 10/STANDARD 8/FORM 3/NCV LEVEL 2/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEV EL 2 |
| 11 | GRADE 11/STANDARD 9/FORM 4/NCV LEVEL 3/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEV EL 3 |
| 12 | GRADE 12/STANDARD 10/FORM 5/NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE/MATRIC/ NCV LEVEL 4 /OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEVEL 4 |
| 13 | NTC L/N1/NQF 1 |
| 14 | NTC LL/N2/NQF 2 |
| 15 | NTC LLL/N3/NQF 3 |
| 16 | N4/NTC 4/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEVEL 5 |
| 17 | N5/NTC 5/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEVEL 5 |
| 18 | N6/NTC 6/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEVEL 5 |
| 19 | CERTIFICATE WITH LESS THAN GRADE 12/STANDARD 10 |
| 20 | DIPLOMA WITH LESS THAN GRADE 12/STANDARD 10 |
| 21 | HIGHER/NATIONAL/ADVANCE CERTIFICATE WITH GRADE 12/STD 10/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEVEL 5 |
| 22 | DIPLOMA WITH GRADE 12/STANDARD 10/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEVEL 6 |
| 23 | HIGHER DIPLOMA/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE (B-TECH DIPLOMA) – NQF LEVEL 7 |
| 24 | BACHELOR’S DEGREE/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEVEL 7 |
| 25 | HONOURS DEGREE/POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA/OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE – NQF LEVEL 8 |
| 26 | POST HIGHER DIPLOMA (M-TECH AND MASTER'S DEGREE) – NQF LEVEL 9 |
| 27 | DOCTORAL DEGREES (D-TECH AND PHD) – NQF LEVEL 10 |
| 28 | OTHER THAN ANY OF THE ABOVE |
| 29 | DO NOT KNOW |
| 98 | NO SCHOOLING |
| 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.