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 2019-24 (edughs19_24)
Data file: pasesv1
Overview
Valid:
346379
Invalid:
2101671
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
114
loc_end_pos:
115
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0. grade r/0 | 8200 |
2.4%
|
| 1 | 1. grade 1/sub a/class 1 | 8330 |
2.4%
|
| 2 | 2. grade 2/sub b/class 2 | 9323 |
2.7%
|
| 3 | 3. grade 3/standard 1/abet/aet 1 | 10667 |
3.1%
|
| 4 | 4. grade 4/standard 2 | 11731 |
3.4%
|
| 5 | 5. grade 5/standard 3/abet/aet 2 | 11690 |
3.4%
|
| 6 | 6. grade 6/standard 4 | 13656 |
3.9%
|
| 7 | 7. grade 7/standard 5/abet/aet 3 | 18095 |
5.2%
|
| 8 | 8. grade 8/standard 6/form 1 | 19772 |
5.7%
|
| 9 | 9. grade 9/standard 7/form 2/abet/aet 4/ncv level 1/occupati | 21003 |
6.1%
|
| 10 | 10. grade 10/standard 8/form 3/ncv level 2/occupational cert | 29438 |
8.5%
|
| 11 | 11. grade 11/standard 9/form 4/ncv level 3/occupational cert | 32660 |
9.4%
|
| 12 | 12. grade 12/standard 10/form 5/national senior certificate/ | 69670 |
20.1%
|
| 13 | 13. ntc l/n1/nqf 1 | 162 |
0%
|
| 14 | 14. ntc ll/n2/nqf 2 | 337 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | 15. ntc lll/n3/nqf 3 | 745 |
0.2%
|
| 16 | 16. n4/ntc 4/occupational certificate | 980 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | 17. n5/ntc 5/occupational certificate | 682 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | 18. n6/ntc 6/occupational certificate | 1355 |
0.4%
|
| 19 | 19. certificate with less than grade 12/standard 10 | 348 |
0.1%
|
| 20 | 20. diploma with less than grade 12/standard 10 | 422 |
0.1%
|
| 21 | 21. higher/national/advance certificate with grade 12/std 10 | 2534 |
0.7%
|
| 22 | 22. diploma with grade 12/standard 10/occupational certifica | 9794 |
2.8%
|
| 23 | 23. higher diploma/occupational certificate (b-tech diploma) | 1877 |
0.5%
|
| 24 | 24. bachelor | 7062 |
2%
|
| 25 | 25. honours degree/postgraduate diploma/occupational certifi | 2192 |
0.6%
|
| 26 | 26. post higher diploma (m-tech and master's degree) | 914 |
0.3%
|
| 27 | 27. doctoral degrees (d-tech and phd) | 338 |
0.1%
|
| 28 | 28. other | 1321 |
0.4%
|
| 29 | 29. do not know | 2942 |
0.8%
|
| 98 | 98. no schooling | 47914 |
13.8%
|
| 99 | 99. unspecified | 225 |
0.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 2101671 |
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.