Early Grade Reading Study II 2017-2020
Waves 1-5 Merged

South Africa, 2017 - 2020

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zaf-dbe-egrs-2-2017-2020-v1.1

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Stephen Taylor, Brahm Fleisch

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Department of Basic Education

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Aug 02, 2024

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Feb 26, 2025

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Q11_MainLanguage (w1_HBQ_Q11_MainLanguage)

Data file: egrs-2017-2020-panel-w-emis

Overview

Valid: 3327

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 218

loc_end_pos: 219

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	English	115	3.5%
2	SiSwati	1944	58.4%
3	isiZulu	963	28.9%
4	I do not read to my child	163	4.9%
5	Other	11	0.3%
77	Multiple options chosen	70	2.1%
99	Missing	61	1.8%

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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