General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25828/a4a6-p161

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Household Survey Data

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Jun 02, 2026

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Happier, the same or less happy with life (hwl_happy)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 2.144812142324

Standard deviation: 0.83394314303347

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Happier	5374	26.7%
2	2. The same	6659	33.1%
3	3. Less happy	7947	39.5%
4	4. REFUSED	24	0.1%
5	5. DO NOT KNOW	87	0.4%
9	9. Unspecified	4	0%

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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