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
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highest edu level: GHS 2019-24 (edughs19_24)
Data file: pasesv1.1
Overview
Valid:
346379
Invalid:
2101671
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
137
loc_end_pos:
138
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 – NQF Level 5 | 980 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | 17. N5/NTC 5/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 5 | 682 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | 18. N6/NTC 6/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 5 | 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’s Degree/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 7 | 7062 |
2%
|
| 25 | 25. Honours Degree/Postgraduate Diploma/Occupational Certifi | 2192 |
0.6%
|
| 26 | 26. Post Higher Diploma (M-Tech and Master's Degree) – NQF L | 914 |
0.3%
|
| 27 | 27. Doctoral Degrees (D-Tech and PhD) – NQF Level 10 | 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.