National Reading Survey 2022-2023
South Africa, 2022 - 2023
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Data file: nrs-2022-2023-v1
Overview
Valid:
2665
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
loc_start_pos:
1601
loc_end_pos:
1687
Width:
87
Range:
-
Format:
character
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 110 |
4.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English | 138 |
5.2%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sepedi | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sepedi Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sepedi Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sepedi Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sesotho | 8 |
0.3%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sesotho Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sesotho Setswana | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Setswana | 13 |
0.5%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Setswana Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa | 10 |
0.4%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa Sepedi Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa isiZulu Setswana Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiZulu Sesotho isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiZulu Sesotho siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiZulu Setswana | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiZulu Setswana isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiZulu siSwati other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho Setswana English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiNdebele isiXhosa English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa isiZulu Xitsonga Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiZulu Tshivenda | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiZulu Tshivenda Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English | 637 |
23.9%
|
|
| English Afrikaans | 30 |
1.1%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Sepedi Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Sepedi Sesotho Setswana Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Sesotho | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Setswana | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiXhosa | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiXhosa Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiXhosa siSwati other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiZulu Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiZulu siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Refused to answer Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi | 140 |
5.3%
|
|
| English Sepedi Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Sesotho | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Sepedi Sesotho Setswana | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Sepedi Sesotho isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sepedi Setswana isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Tshivenda Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Xitsonga | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| English Sepedi isiNdebele | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi isiZulu | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Sesotho | 65 |
2.4%
|
|
| English Sesotho Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho Sepedi | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sesotho Sepedi isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho Setswana | 13 |
0.5%
|
|
| English Sesotho Setswana Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho Setswana isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho isiZulu | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sesotho siSwati | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sesotho siSwati Xitsonga other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana | 117 |
4.4%
|
|
| English Setswana Afrikaans | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Setswana Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana Sesotho | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Setswana Sesotho Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana isiZulu isiXhosa Sepedi Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana isiZulu other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Tshivenda | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Tshivenda Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Tshivenda Xitsonga isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Xitsonga | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Xitsonga Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Xitsonga isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Xitsonga siSwati | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiNdebele | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiNdebele Afrikaans isiXhosa isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho Setswana siSwati Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele Sepedi | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiNdebele isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele isiXhosa isiZulu Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele isiZulu | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiNdebele siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa | 125 |
4.7%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Sesotho | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Setswana | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Tshivenda | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu | 19 |
0.7%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu | 201 |
7.5%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sepedi | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho | 12 |
0.5%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho siSwati Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Setswana | 7 |
0.3%
|
|
| English isiZulu Setswana Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Xitsonga | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu isiNdebele | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu isiXhosa | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiZulu other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu siSwati | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiZulu siSwati Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu siSwati isiXhosa Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English other | 10 |
0.4%
|
|
| English siSwati | 36 |
1.4%
|
|
| English siSwati Sepedi isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati isiZulu | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| English siSwati isiZulu other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati other | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sepedi | 56 |
2.1%
|
|
| Sepedi English | 18 |
0.7%
|
|
| Sepedi Sesotho | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| Sepedi Sesotho isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho | 37 |
1.4%
|
|
| Sesotho Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho English | 15 |
0.6%
|
|
| Sesotho English isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Sepedi English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiXhosa English | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sesotho isiXhosa isiZulu English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu English | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu English Afrikaans isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu Xitsonga siSwati Sepedi English Afrikaans other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho siSwati Xitsonga isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana | 79 |
3%
|
|
| Setswana Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English | 21 |
0.8%
|
|
| Setswana English Afrikaans | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana English Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English isiXhosa Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Sepedi Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiZulu English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Tshivenda | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| Tshivenda English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Tshivenda isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| Xitsonga English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga Tshivenda English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga Tshivenda isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga isiZulu English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele | 6 |
0.2%
|
|
| isiNdebele Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele English | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiNdebele English other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele Setswana | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiNdebele isiZulu | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiNdebele isiZulu Sepedi siSwati Tshivenda other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele siSwati Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa | 153 |
5.7%
|
|
| isiXhosa Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa English | 33 |
1.2%
|
|
| isiXhosa English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa English Afrikaans isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa English isiZulu | 5 |
0.2%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu | 11 |
0.4%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu | 170 |
6.4%
|
|
| isiZulu English | 25 |
0.9%
|
|
| isiZulu English Sesotho Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English Sesotho siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English siSwati | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Sepedi | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Xitsonga Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiNdebele | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu isiNdebele Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu siSwati | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| isiZulu siSwati English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu siSwati Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| other | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| siSwati | 22 |
0.8%
|
|
| siSwati English | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| siSwati English Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati English isiZulu Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati other | 1 |
0%
|
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.