Post-Apartheid Socio-Economic Series 1995-2024
South Africa, 1995 - 2024
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zaf-df-pases-1995-2024-v1.1
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Andrew Kerr, Amy Thornton, Martin Wittenberg
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Nov 21, 2025
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- pasesv1.1
- pasesv1.1_extraincome
highest edu level: GHS 2009-16 (edughs09_16)
Data file: pasesv1.1
Overview
Valid:
708733
Invalid:
1739317
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
133
loc_end_pos:
134
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.