General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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Reference ID

zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25828/a4a6-p161

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Household Survey Data

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Jun 02, 2026

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Jun 02, 2026

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Sector of organisation/business or branch (lab_sector)

Data file: ghs-2025-person-v1

Overview

Valid: 0

Minimum:

Maximum:

Mean:

Standard deviation:

Type: Discrete

Width: 65

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1. In the formal sector (registered to perform an activity)
2	2. In the informal sector (not registered to perform an activity)
3	3. DO NOT KNOW
8	8. Not applicable

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.

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