National Reading Survey 2022-2023
South Africa, 2022 - 2023
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Data file: nrs-2022-2023-v1
Overview
Valid:
4251
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
loc_start_pos:
21
loc_end_pos:
88
Width:
68
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 407 |
9.6%
|
|
| Afrikaans English | 98 |
2.3%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sesotho | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Sesotho Sepedi isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa Setswana | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho Setswana Tshivenda Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans English isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho Setswana siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sepedi | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sepedi English | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho | 7 |
0.2%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Sesotho Setswana | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana | 17 |
0.4%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans Setswana Sesotho isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiXhosa English | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Afrikaans isiZulu | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English | 218 |
5.1%
|
|
| English Afrikaans | 29 |
0.7%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Sepedi isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Afrikaans isiZulu isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi | 22 |
0.5%
|
|
| English Sepedi Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Setswana isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi Xitsonga | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sepedi Xitsonga Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sepedi siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho | 8 |
0.2%
|
|
| English Sesotho Setswana | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English Sesotho Setswana Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho isiXhosa | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English Sesotho isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana | 26 |
0.6%
|
|
| English Setswana Afrikaans | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Setswana isiZulu Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English Xitsonga | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiNdebele isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele isiZulu | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English isiNdebele isiZulu Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa | 53 |
1.2%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Afrikaans | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu | 7 |
0.2%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English isiXhosa siSwati Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu | 44 |
1%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sepedi | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho Setswana Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Sesotho Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Setswana | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu Xitsonga Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu other | 2 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu other isiNdebele | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English isiZulu siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English other | 12 |
0.3%
|
|
| English siSwati | 17 |
0.4%
|
|
| English siSwati Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| English siSwati isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Northern Sotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi | 463 |
10.9%
|
|
| Sepedi English | 14 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sepedi English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi English Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi English Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi English isiZulu siSwati Setswana Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Sesotho | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Sesotho Setswana siSwati English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Sesotho Tshivenda Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Setswana | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sepedi Tshivenda | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sepedi Tshivenda English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Xitsonga | 7 |
0.2%
|
|
| Sepedi Xitsonga English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi Xitsonga Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi isiNdebele | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sepedi isiZulu | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sepedi siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho | 236 |
5.6%
|
|
| Sesotho Afrikaans | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sesotho Afrikaans English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho English | 7 |
0.2%
|
|
| Sesotho English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Sepedi English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana | 12 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana Afrikaans English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana Afrikaans isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana English | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana English isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Setswana Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiXhosa | 7 |
0.2%
|
|
| Sesotho isiXhosa Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiXhosa Setswana Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu | 8 |
0.2%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu English | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho isiZulu siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho siSwati | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sesotho siSwati Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana | 480 |
11.3%
|
|
| Setswana Afrikaans | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana Afrikaans isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Afrikaans isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English | 18 |
0.4%
|
|
| Setswana English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana English other | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Sepedi | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho | 8 |
0.2%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Sesotho English | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Xitsonga | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana Xitsonga English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiNdebele | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiXhosa | 7 |
0.2%
|
|
| Setswana isiXhosa isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiZulu | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| Setswana isiZulu English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiZulu English Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiZulu English Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana isiZulu isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Setswana other Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Tshivenda | 23 |
0.5%
|
|
| Tshivenda Sepedi | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga | 51 |
1.2%
|
|
| Xitsonga Sepedi | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga Setswana English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga Tshivenda Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga isiZulu | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| Xitsonga other | 2 |
0%
|
|
| Xitsonga siSwati | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiNdebele | 21 |
0.5%
|
|
| isiNdebele English isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele Sepedi Afrikaans | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele isiZulu | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiNdebele isiZulu English | 2 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele isiZulu Setswana | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiNdebele isiZulu Setswana Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiNdebele siSwati | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiNdebele siSwati Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa | 560 |
13.2%
|
|
| isiXhosa Afrikaans | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa English | 46 |
1.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa English Afrikaans | 2 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa English Sesotho | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa English isiZulu | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa Refused to answer | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sepedi | 2 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sesotho | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sesotho English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sesotho Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Sesotho isiZulu | 2 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Setswana | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa Setswana English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Setswana Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa Setswana Tshivenda Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu | 21 |
0.5%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu English | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiXhosa isiZulu Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu | 712 |
16.7%
|
|
| isiZulu English | 34 |
0.8%
|
|
| isiZulu English Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English isiNdebele | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu English isiXhosa Sepedi Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sepedi | 2 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho | 12 |
0.3%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho English | 2 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho Setswana English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Sesotho siSwati English isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Setswana | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Setswana isiXhosa | 2 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Xitsonga | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu Xitsonga English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu Xitsonga Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiNdebele | 6 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa | 13 |
0.3%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa English | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu isiXhosa Setswana Sesotho Tshivenda | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu siSwati | 12 |
0.3%
|
|
| isiZulu siSwati English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu siSwati Setswana | 1 |
0%
|
|
| isiZulu siSwati Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| other | 23 |
0.5%
|
|
| other English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati | 161 |
3.8%
|
|
| siSwati English | 8 |
0.2%
|
|
| siSwati English isiZulu Xitsonga Sesotho Sepedi Setswana isiXhosa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati Sepedi | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati Sepedi isiZulu | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati Sesotho Xitsonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati Xitsonga | 7 |
0.2%
|
|
| siSwati Xitsonga Sesotho | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati isiNdebele English | 1 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati isiZulu | 9 |
0.2%
|
|
| siSwati isiZulu English | 2 |
0%
|
|
| siSwati isiZulu Xitsonga English Afrikaans | 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.