Post-Apartheid Socio-Economic Series 1995-2024
South Africa, 1995 - 2024
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Reference ID
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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Nov 26, 2025
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- pasesv1
- pasesv1_extraincome
highest edu level: ghs 2004-8 (edughs04_08)
Data file: pasesv1
Overview
Valid:
515251
Invalid:
1932799
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
108
loc_end_pos:
109
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0. no schooling | 100196 |
19.4%
|
| 1 | 1. grade r/0 | 15984 |
3.1%
|
| 2 | 2. grade 1 / sub a | 16235 |
3.2%
|
| 3 | 3. grade 2 / sub b | 17021 |
3.3%
|
| 4 | 4. grade 3 / standard 1 | 20989 |
4.1%
|
| 5 | 5. grade 4 / standard 2 | 23009 |
4.5%
|
| 6 | 6. grade 5 / standard 3 | 24318 |
4.7%
|
| 7 | 7. grade 6 / standard 4 | 28567 |
5.5%
|
| 8 | 8. grade 7 / standard 5 | 34841 |
6.8%
|
| 9 | 9. grade 8 / standard 6 / form 1 | 37306 |
7.2%
|
| 10 | 10. grade 9 / standard 7 / form 2 | 34109 |
6.6%
|
| 11 | 11. grade 10 / standard 8 / form 3 | 38465 |
7.5%
|
| 12 | 12. grade 11 / standard 9 / form 4 | 31792 |
6.2%
|
| 13 | 13. grade 12 / standard 10 / form 5 / matric | 63098 |
12.2%
|
| 14 | 14. ntc l | 644 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | 15. ntc ii | 337 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | 16. ntc iii | 1072 |
0.2%
|
| 17 | 17. certificate with less than grade 12 / std 10 | 1090 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | 18. diploma with less than grade 12 / std 10 | 1367 |
0.3%
|
| 19 | 19. certificate with grade 12 / std 10 | 4276 |
0.8%
|
| 20 | 20. diploma with grade 12 / std 10 | 10401 |
2%
|
| 21 | 21. bachelors degree | 3747 |
0.7%
|
| 22 | 22. bachelors degree and diploma | 1393 |
0.3%
|
| 23 | 23. honors degree | 1313 |
0.3%
|
| 24 | 24. higher degree ( masters, doctorate) | 1028 |
0.2%
|
| 25 | 25. other | 516 |
0.1%
|
| 26 | 26. don't know | 1608 |
0.3%
|
| 99 | 99. unspecified | 529 |
0.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 1932799 |
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.