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Post-Apartheid Socio-Economic Series 1995-2024

South Africa, 1995 - 2024
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zaf-df-pases-1995-2024--v1
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Andrew Kerr, Amy Thornton, Martin Wittenberg
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Data file: pasesv1

Cases: 2448050
Variables: 104

Variables

hhid
household identifier
personnum
person number in household
year
survey year
ea
enumeration area
stratum
stratum
quarter
quarter of the year in which interview occurred
pweight
statssa person weight
hweight
statssa household weight
cewgt
datafirst cross-entropy weight v4.3; 1995-2011
interviewmonth
approximate month of interview derived from statssa metadata
proxyresp
question respondent: self or proxy (1999-2007)
proxyrespno
question respondent: person number (2009 onwards with some exceptions)
gender
gender
age
age
popgroup
population group
relhead
relationship to household head
fatheralive
father alive
motheralive
mother alive
fatherno
father's personnum if co-residing
motherno
mother's personnum if co-residing
marstat
marital status with cohabiting; note 2002-4 omit cohabiting
spouseno
spouse's personnum if co-residing, 1995-2019 excl. 1999
spouseinhh
spouse co-residing, only from 2002
fatherinhh
father co-resident
motherinhh
mother co-resident
hhsize
household size (derived)
province
province
metro
metropolitan location
urban
urban location of hh
yrseduc
years of education (derived)
eduohs95
highest edu level: ohs 1995
eduohs96
highest edu level: ohs 1996
eduohs97_98
highest edu level: ohs 1997-8
eduohs99
highest edu level: ohs 1999
edughs02_03
highest edu level: ghs 2002-3
edughs04_08
highest edu level: ghs 2004-8
edughs09_16
highest edu level: ghs 2009-16
edughs17_18
highest edu level: ghs 2017-18
edughs19_24
highest edu level: ghs 2019-24
hhinc
household income monthly rand amount: total
realhhinc
real household income monthly rand amount: total (dec 2023 rands)
hh_rem
household income source: remittances
hh_pension
household income source: private pensions
hh_grant
household income source: grants, excl social relief grant
hh_earnings
household income source: earnings
main_inc_source0208
main household income source 2002-2008
main_inc_source09plus
main household income source 2009 onwards
grant_income
social grants: total individual social grant rand income
realhhgrantinc0
hh income component: household grant income with zeroes imputed, monthly real
realhhreminc0
hh income component: household remittance income with zeroes imputed, monthly re
realhhpensioninc0
hh income component: household pension income with zeroes imputed, monthly real
realhhearnings0
hh income component: household earnings income with zeroes imputed, monthly real
oap_g
social grants: old age pension receipt
dis_g
social grants: disability grant receipt
cs_g
social grants: child support grant receipt
caredep_g
social grants: care dependency receipt
foster_g
social grants: foster care grants receipt
gia
social grants: grant in aid receipt
soc_rel
social grants: social relief grant receipt
warvet_g
social grants: war vet. grant receipt
srd_g
social grants: covid-19 social relief of distress grant receipt
cstopup_g
social grants: csg top up for orphans receipt
oap_g_inc
social grants: old age pension rand income
dis_g_inc
social grants: disability grant rand income
foster_g_inc
social grants: foster care grants rand income
warvet_g_inc
social grants: war vet. grant rand income
cs_g_inc
social grants: child support grant rand income
gia_inc
social grants: grant in aid rand income
caredep_g_inc
social grants: care dependency rand income
cstopup_g_inc
social grants: csg top up for orphans rand income
srd_g_inc
social grants: covid-19 srd rand income
empstat1
labour market status: narrow (derived)
empstat2
labour market status: broad (derived)
emp_business
employment: own business
emp_wage
employment: paid work
emp_domes
employment: domestic work 02-08
emp_nopay
employment: unpaid work
emp_farm
employment: farm work 02-08
emp_const
employment: construction/major repair work 02-08
emp_catch
employment: catching fish, other animals 02-08
emp_return
employment: have work to return to
want_work
employment: accept job
searching
employment: looking for work
ssa_empstat1
statssa official employment status (narrow)
ssa_empstat2
statssa expanded employment status (broad)
sector
employment: formal sector status
earnings_period
earnings: salary period
earningsmp
earnings: nominal monthly earnings with bracket midpoints
realearningsmp
earnings: real earnings with bracket midpoints in december 2023 rands
outlier
earnings: real earnings outlier flag; zeroes flagged as outliers
pregnant
pregnant in past 12 months
pregstatus
current status of pregnancy
own_car
transport: the household owns a car
commutemode
transport: usual means of transport to get to place of work
commutetime
transport: time it takes to get to place of work in minutes
hhbustrips
transport: total number bus trips taken by households in last week
hhbuscost
transport: how much spent on bus trips by household in last week
hhbusdist
transport: distance to nearest bus stop in km
hhtraintrips
transport: total number train trips taken by households in last week
hhtraincost
transport: how much spent on train trips by household in last week
hhtraindist
transport: distance to nearest train station in km
hhtaxitrips
transport: total number taxi trips taken by households in last week
hhtaxicost
transport: how much spent on taxi trips by household in last week
hhtaxidist
transport: distance to nearest taxi stop in km
Total: 104
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