National Reading Survey 2022-2023
South Africa, 2022 - 2023
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A8_pref (langpref_enjoym_intro_2_24_2)
Data file: nrs-2022-2023-v1
Overview
Valid:
2664
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
loc_start_pos:
1220
loc_end_pos:
1277
Width:
58
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 79 |
3%
|
|
| Afrikaans English | 164 |
6.2%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sepedi | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sesotho | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sesotho Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Setswana | 16 |
0.6%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Setswana Sesotho isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiNdebele isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa | 9 |
0.3%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa Sepedi Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa Sesotho Setswana | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiZulu Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English other | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Xitsonga Tshivenda isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa isiZulu Xitsonga Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiZulu | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiZulu Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiZulu Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiZulu isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiZulu isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans siSwati Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English | 736 |
27.6%
|
|
| English Afrikaans | 32 |
1.2%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Sepedi | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Sesotho Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Setswana Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiXhosa | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiXhosa Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiXhosa isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiZulu Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Refused to answer | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi | 143 |
5.4%
|
|
| English Sepedi Sesotho | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Sepedi Sesotho Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sepedi Setswana | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Sepedi Setswana Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Setswana Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Tshivenda | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sepedi Xitsonga | 8 |
0.3%
|
|
| English Sepedi isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi isiZulu Setswana siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi siSwati Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho | 88 |
3.3%
|
|
| English Sesotho Afrikaans | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sesotho Afrikaans siSwati isiZulu Xitsonga other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho Sepedi Setswana | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sesotho Setswana | 18 |
0.7%
|
|
| English Sesotho Setswana Afrikaans | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sesotho Setswana isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho isiXhosa | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sesotho isiZulu | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Sesotho isiZulu isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana | 107 |
4%
|
|
| English Setswana Afrikaans | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Setswana Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana Sesotho | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Setswana Sesotho isiZulu | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Setswana Xitsonga | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Setswana isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Tshivenda | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Tshivenda other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Xitsonga | 10 |
0.4%
|
|
| English Xitsonga Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Xitsonga Sesotho other siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Xitsonga Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele | 8 |
0.3%
|
|
| English isiNdebele Sepedi | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiNdebele Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele isiXhosa | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiXhosa | 143 |
5.4%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Afrikaans | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Sesotho | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Sesotho isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Setswana Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu | 21 |
0.8%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu Sepedi isiNdebele | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu | 204 |
7.7%
|
|
| English isiZulu Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sepedi | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho Setswana | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sepedi Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho | 10 |
0.4%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho Xitsonga siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho siSwati | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu Setswana | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiZulu Xitsonga | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu isiXhosa | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu isiXhosa Setswana Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu other | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu siSwati | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| English isiZulu siSwati Afrikaans other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu siSwati Xitsonga | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu siSwati other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English other | 15 |
0.6%
|
|
| English siSwati | 36 |
1.4%
|
|
| English siSwati Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati isiZulu Afrikaans isiXhosa Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Refused to answer | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sepedi | 45 |
1.7%
|
|
| Sepedi Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi English | 18 |
0.7%
|
|
| Sepedi English Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Tshivenda Sesotho Setswana isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Xitsonga | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sepedi isiZulu Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi isiZulu English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho | 33 |
1.2%
|
|
| Sesotho Afrikaans | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sesotho Afrikaans English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Afrikaans English Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho English | 9 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sesotho Sepedi | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sesotho Sepedi English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Sepedi isiZulu English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana Afrikaans English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana English | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sesotho isiXhosa | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sesotho isiXhosa English Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu English | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana | 41 |
1.5%
|
|
| Setswana Afrikaans | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana Afrikaans English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English | 16 |
0.6%
|
|
| Setswana English Sepedi Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho Afrikaans English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho Sepedi English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiZulu | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Tshivenda | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| Tshivenda Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Tshivenda Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Tshivenda Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Tshivenda isiZulu English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Tshivenda other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| Xitsonga Tshivenda Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga Tshivenda isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| isiNdebele English | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiNdebele Sepedi siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa | 111 |
4.2%
|
|
| isiXhosa English | 29 |
1.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa English Refused to answer | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa English Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa English isiZulu | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa English isiZulu Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa English other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sesotho | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sesotho isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa Tshivenda Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu English | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa other Afrikaans English siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu | 117 |
4.4%
|
|
| isiZulu Afrikaans | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Afrikaans Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English | 27 |
1%
|
|
| isiZulu English Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English siSwati | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Sepedi | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho English Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho English siSwati Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Setswana Afrikaans English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Tshivenda English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Tshivenda Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiNdebele | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiNdebele English | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu siSwati | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| other | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| siSwati | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| siSwati English | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| siSwati isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati other | 2 |
0.1%
|
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.