General Household Survey 2021
South Africa, 2021
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zaf-statssa-ghs-2021-v1
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Statistics South Africa
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Highest education level (education)
Data file: ghs-2021-person-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
-
Type:
Discrete
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| Grade R/0 | |
| 1 | Grade 1/Sub A/Class 1 |
| 2 | Grade 2/Sub B/Class 2 |
| 3 | Grade 3/Standard 1/ABET/AET 1 |
| 4 | Grade 4/Standard 2 |
| 5 | Grade 5/Standard 3/ABET/AET 2 |
| 6 | Grade 6/Standard 4 |
| 7 | Grade 7/Standard 5/ABET/AET 3 |
| 8 | Grade 8/Standard 6/Form 1 |
| 9 | Grade 9/Standard 7/Form 2/ABET/AET 4/NCV Level 1/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 1 |
| 10 | Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3/NCV Level 2/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 2 |
| 11 | Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4/NCV Level 3/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 3 |
| 12 | Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/National Senior Certificate/Matric/ NCV Level 4/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 4 |
| 13 | NTC l/N1/NQF 1 |
| 14 | NTC ll/N2/NQF 2 |
| 15 | NTC lll/N3/NQF 3 |
| 16 | N4/NTC 4/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 5 |
| 17 | N5/NTC 5/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 5 |
| 18 | N6/NTC 6/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 5 |
| 19 | Certificate with less than Grade 12/Standard 10 |
| 20 | Diploma with less than Grade 12/Standard 10 |
| 21 | Higher/National/Advance certificate with Grade 12/Std 10/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 5 |
| 22 | Diploma with Grade 12/Standard 10/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 6 |
| 23 | Higher Diploma/Occupational Certificate (B-Tech Diploma) – NQF Level 7 |
| 24 | Bachelor’s Degree/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 7 |
| 25 | Honours Degree/Postgraduate Diploma/Occupational Certificate – NQF Level 8 |
| 26 | Post Higher Diploma (M-Tech and Master's Degree) – NQF Level 9 |
| 27 | Doctoral Degrees (D-Tech and PhD) – NQF Level 10 |
| 28 | Other |
| 29 | DO NOT KNOW |
| 98 | No schooling |
| 99 | Unspecified |
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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Highest education level
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Highest education level