South African Census 2022, 10% Sample
South Africa, 2022
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zaf-statssa-census-2022-v1
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Sep 16, 2024
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Sep 18, 2024
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Main reason of moving (P16_MAIN_REASON)
Data file: sa-census-2022-person-v1
Overview
Valid:
4230792
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Start a business/ Other business reasons (e.g. expansion of business) | 5661 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | Look for paid work | 53247 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | Job transfer/take up new job opportunity | 23819 |
0.6%
|
| 4 | Divorce/separation | 2137 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Moving as a household to accompany a household member (for health, education, employment etc.) | 27326 |
0.6%
|
| 6 | New dwelling for household | 134348 |
3.2%
|
| 7 | Moving to live with or be closer to spouse (marriage), family, friends, partner | 56487 |
1.3%
|
| 8 | Education (e.g. studying, schooling, training) | 23001 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Health (e.g. poor/ill health) | 1947 |
0%
|
| 10 | Retirement | 5870 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Job loss/retrenchment/contract ended | 2653 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | For better municipal services | 2925 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Political instability/religious conflict/persecution | 443 |
0%
|
| 14 | High levels of crime | 1357 |
0%
|
| 15 | Drought/natural disaster | 281 |
0%
|
| 16 | Other | 23896 |
0.6%
|
| 17 | Do not know | 4254 |
0.1%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 3846033 |
90.9%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 15107 |
0.4%
|
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.