South African Census 1996, 10% Sample
South Africa, 1996
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zaf-statssa-census-1996-v1.3
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Data file: census-1996-person-v1.3
Overview
Valid:
3621201
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
34
loc_end_pos:
35
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Other | 7024 |
0.2%
|
| 1 | IsiNdebele | 52332 |
1.4%
|
| 2 | IsiXhosa | 645045 |
17.8%
|
| 3 | IsiZulu | 806891 |
22.3%
|
| 4 | Sepedi | 329758 |
9.1%
|
| 5 | Sesotho | 280876 |
7.8%
|
| 6 | Setswana | 296309 |
8.2%
|
| 7 | Siswati | 90522 |
2.5%
|
| 8 | Tshivenda | 78697 |
2.2%
|
| 9 | Xitsonga | 156810 |
4.3%
|
| 10 | Afrikaans | 518236 |
14.3%
|
| 11 | English | 314616 |
8.7%
|
| 12 | Dutch | 491 |
0%
|
| 13 | German | 2695 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Greek | 783 |
0%
|
| 15 | Italian | 567 |
0%
|
| 16 | Portuguese | 3014 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | French | 839 |
0%
|
| 18 | Tamil | 440 |
0%
|
| 19 | Hindi | 521 |
0%
|
| 20 | Telegu | 193 |
0%
|
| 21 | Gujarati | 853 |
0%
|
| 22 | Urdu | 634 |
0%
|
| 23 | Chinese | 822 |
0%
|
| 24 | Swahili | 114 |
0%
|
| 25 | Shona | 1222 |
0%
|
| 26 | Arabic | 247 |
0%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 30650 |
0.8%
|
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.