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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Nov 21, 2025

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relationship to household head (relhead)

Data file: pasesv1

Overview

Valid: 2444392

Invalid: 3658

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 78

loc_end_pos: 78

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	1. head/acting head	645866	26.4%
2	2. husband/wife/partner	264511	10.8%
3	3. son/daughter/stepchild/adopted child	869982	35.6%
4	4. brother/sister/stepbrother/stepsister	78021	3.2%
5	5. father/mother/stepfather/stepmother	11937	0.5%
6	6. grandparent/great grandparent	5830	0.2%
7	7. grandchild/great grandchild	405954	16.6%
8	8. other relative (e.g. in-laws or aunt/uncle)	143009	5.9%
9	9. non-related persons	19282	0.8%
Sysmiss		3658

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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