Census 2022, 10% Sample
South Africa, 2022
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Relationship with the head of household (P05_RELATION)
Data file: sa-census-2022-person-v1
Overview
Valid:
4230792
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head/acting head | 1338293 |
31.6%
|
| 2 | Husband/wife/partner | 431568 |
10.2%
|
| 3 | Biological son/daughter | 1145780 |
27.1%
|
| 4 | Adopted son/daughter | 20187 |
0.5%
|
| 5 | Foster child | 4735 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Stepchild | 16364 |
0.4%
|
| 7 | Brother/sister | 149243 |
3.5%
|
| 8 | Parent (mother/father) | 28725 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Parent-in-law | 3560 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | Grand/greatgrand child | 546534 |
12.9%
|
| 11 | Son/daughter-in-law | 19727 |
0.5%
|
| 12 | Brother/sister-in-law | 10272 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | Grandmother/father | 3348 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Other relative(e.g. aunt, uncle, niece or nephew) | 267400 |
6.3%
|
| 15 | Non-related person | 36895 |
0.9%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 208161 |
4.9%
|
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.