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 2017-18 (edughs17_18)
Data file: pasesv1
Overview
Valid:
143428
Invalid:
2304622
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
112
loc_end_pos:
113
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0. grade r/0 | 3877 |
2.7%
|
| 1 | 1. grade 1/sub a/class 1 | 3771 |
2.6%
|
| 2 | 2. grade 2/sub b/class 2 | 4326 |
3%
|
| 3 | 3. grade 3/standard 1/aet 1 (kha ri gude, sanli) | 4709 |
3.3%
|
| 4 | 4. grade 4/standard 2 | 4941 |
3.4%
|
| 5 | 5. grade 5/standard 3/aet 2 | 4904 |
3.4%
|
| 6 | 6. grade 6/standard 4 | 5663 |
3.9%
|
| 7 | 7. grade 7/standard 5/aet 3 | 7426 |
5.2%
|
| 8 | 8. grade 8/standard 6/form 1 | 8118 |
5.7%
|
| 9 | 9. grade 9/standard 7/form 2/aet 4 | 8858 |
6.2%
|
| 10 | 10. grade 10/standard 8/form 3 | 12420 |
8.7%
|
| 11 | 11. grade 11/standard 9/form 4 | 12646 |
8.8%
|
| 12 | 12. grade 12/standard 10/form 5/matric (no exemption) | 25010 |
17.4%
|
| 13 | 13. grade 12/standard 10/form 5/matric (exemption *) | 734 |
0.5%
|
| 14 | 14. ntc 1 n1/nc (v) level 2 | 135 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | 15. ntc 2/n2/nc (v) level 3 | 273 |
0.2%
|
| 16 | 16. ntc 3/n3/nc (v)/level 4 | 298 |
0.2%
|
| 17 | 17. n4/ntc 4 | 317 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | 18. n5/ntc 5 | 416 |
0.3%
|
| 19 | 19. n6/ntc 6 | 219 |
0.2%
|
| 20 | 20. certificate with less than grade 12/std 10 | 189 |
0.1%
|
| 21 | 21. diploma with less than grade 12/std 10 | 690 |
0.5%
|
| 22 | 22. certificate with grade 12/std 10 | 3066 |
2.1%
|
| 23 | 23. diploma with grade 12/std 10 | 1650 |
1.2%
|
| 24 | 24. higher diploma (technikon/university of technology) | 744 |
0.5%
|
| 25 | 25. post higher diploma (technikon/university of technology | 1858 |
1.3%
|
| 26 | 26. bachelor's degree | 1286 |
0.9%
|
| 27 | 27. bachelor's degree and post-graduate diploma | 173 |
0.1%
|
| 28 | 28. honours degree | 468 |
0.3%
|
| 29 | 29. higher degree (masters, doctorate) | 873 |
0.6%
|
| 30 | 30. other | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | 31. do not know | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | 98. no schooling | 22193 |
15.5%
|
| 99 | 99. unspecified | 1177 |
0.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 2304622 |
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.