General Household Survey 2022
South Africa, 2022
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Reference ID
ZAF_2022_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 12, 2025
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- ghs-2022-hhold-v1
- ghs-2022-person-v1
Main reason absent (edu_abs_rsn)
Data file: ghs-2022-person-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illness | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Did not want to go to school | 0 |
0%
|
| 3 | Need to take care of someone else at home | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | The weather was bad | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | No money for transport | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Lack of transport/problems with transport | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Writing exams | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Does not feel safe at school | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Menstruation/menstrual period | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | OTHER REASON THAN ANY OF THE ABOVE | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | DO NOT KNOW | 0 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 996 |
99.6%
|
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.