Demographic and Health Survey 2016
South Africa
South Africa, 2016
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zaf-doh-statssa-dhs-2016-v1
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National Department of Health, Medical Research Council, Statistics South Africa
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partner highest grade/form/year at that level (s905)
Data file: ZABR71FL
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
1555
loc_end_pos:
1556
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | less than 1 year primary completed |
| 11 | grade 1/sub a/class 1 |
| 12 | grade 2/sub b/class 2 |
| 13 | grade 3/standard 1/aet 1 (kha ri gude, sanli) |
| 14 | grade 4/standard 2 |
| 15 | grade 5/standard 3/aet 2 |
| 16 | grade 6/standard 4 |
| 17 | grade 7/standard 5/aet 3 |
| 20 | less than 1 year secondary school completed |
| 21 | grade 8/standard 6/form 1/ntc 1/n1/nc (v) level 2 |
| 22 | grade 9/standard 7/form 2/aet 4/ntc 2/n2/nc (v) level 3 |
| 23 | grade 10/standard 8/form 3/ntc 3/n3/nc (v) level 4 |
| 24 | grade 11/standard 9/form 4 |
| 25 | certificate or diploma with less than grade 12/standard 10 completed |
| 26 | grade 12/standard 10/form 5/matric |
| 27 | n4/ntc 4 |
| 28 | n5/ntc 5 |
| 29 | n6/ntc 6 |
| 30 | further studies incomplete or ongoing |
| 31 | certificate or diploma with grade 12/standard 10 completed |
| 32 | higher diploma (technikon/university of technology) |
| 33 | post higher diploma (technikon/university of technolgy masters, doctoral) |
| 34 | bachelors degree/bachelors degree and post graduate diploma |
| 35 | honours degree |
| 36 | higher degree (masters, doctorate) |
| 98 | don't know |
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.