General Household Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024

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Reference ID

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

Last modified

Jun 02, 2026

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Data file: ghs-2024-person-v1

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 88

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Illness
2	Did not want to go to school
3	Need to take care of someone else at home
5	Doing household chores
6	The weather was bad
7	No money for transport
8	Lack of transport/problems with transport
9	Writing exams
10	Does not feel safe at school
12	OTHER REASON THAN ANY OF THE ABOVE
13	DO NOT KNOW
88	Not applicable

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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