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 2009-16 (edughs09_16)
Data file: pasesv1
Overview
Valid:
708733
Invalid:
1739317
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
110
loc_end_pos:
111
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0. grade r/0 | 20790 |
2.9%
|
| 1 | 1. grade 1/ sub a/class 1 | 19445 |
2.7%
|
| 2 | 2. grade 2 / sub b/class 2 | 21279 |
3%
|
| 3 | 3. grade 3/standard 1/ abet 1(kha ri gude, sanli) | 23854 |
3.4%
|
| 4 | 4. grade 4/ standard 2 | 25934 |
3.7%
|
| 5 | 5. grade 5/ standard 3/ abet 2 | 25838 |
3.6%
|
| 6 | 6. grade 6/standard 4 | 29938 |
4.2%
|
| 7 | 7. grade 7/standard 5/ abet 3 | 40551 |
5.7%
|
| 8 | 8. grade 8/standard 6/form 1 | 47911 |
6.8%
|
| 9 | 9. grade 9/standard 7/form 2/ abet 4 | 46587 |
6.6%
|
| 10 | 10. grade 10/ standard 8/ form 3 | 60258 |
8.5%
|
| 11 | 11. grade 11/ standard 9/ form 4 | 54607 |
7.7%
|
| 12 | 12. grade 12/standard 10/form 5/matric (no exemption | 99692 |
14.1%
|
| 13 | 13. grade 12/standard 10/form 5/matric (exemption *) | 9589 |
1.4%
|
| 14 | 14. ntc 1/ n1/nc (v) level 2 | 568 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | 15. ntc 2/ n2/ nc (v) level 3 | 802 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | 16. ntc 3/ n3/nc (v)/level 4 | 1505 |
0.2%
|
| 17 | 17. n4/ntc 4 | 945 |
0.1%
|
| 18 | 18. n5/ntc 5 | 825 |
0.1%
|
| 19 | 19. n6/ntc 6 | 1101 |
0.2%
|
| 20 | 20. certificate with less than grade 12/std 10 | 913 |
0.1%
|
| 21 | 21. diploma with less than grade 12/std 10 | 1087 |
0.2%
|
| 22 | 22. certificate with grade 12/std 10 | 6398 |
0.9%
|
| 23 | 23. diploma with grade 12/std 10 | 15747 |
2.2%
|
| 24 | 24. higher diploma (technikon/university of technology) | 3930 |
0.6%
|
| 25 | 25. post higher diploma (technikon/university of technology | 1436 |
0.2%
|
| 26 | 26. bachelors degree | 8724 |
1.2%
|
| 27 | 27. bachelors degree and post-graduate diploma | 1536 |
0.2%
|
| 28 | 28. honours degree | 2559 |
0.4%
|
| 29 | 29. higher degree (masters, doctorate) | 1719 |
0.2%
|
| 30 | 30. other | 1544 |
0.2%
|
| 31 | 31. do not know | 3233 |
0.5%
|
| 98 | 98. no schooling | 121545 |
17.1%
|
| 99 | 99. unspecified | 6343 |
0.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 1739317 |
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.