South African Census 1996, 10% Sample

South Africa, 1996

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zaf-statssa-census-1996-v1.3

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Population Censuses and Surveys

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Population group (race)

Data file: census-1996-person-v1.3

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Valid: 3621201

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 33

loc_end_pos: 33

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	African/Black	2771609	76.5%
2	Coloured	320446	8.8%
3	Indian/Asian	97569	2.7%
4	White	398233	11%
9	Unspecified	33344	0.9%

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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