General Household Survey 2023

South Africa, 2023

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Reference ID

ZAF_2023_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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May 22, 2026

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Jun 02, 2026

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Sector of organisation/business or branch (lab_sector)

Data file: ghs-2023-person-v1

Overview

Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 65

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. In the formal sector (registered to perform an activity)	364	36.4%
2	2. In the informal sector (not registered to perform an activity)	61	6.1%
3	3. DO NOT KNOW	0	0%
8	8. Not applicable	575	57.5%

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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