DDI_ZAF_2024_VAS_v01_M DataFirst Development Data Group 2026-06 NADA Identical to a metadata (zaf-statssa-vas-2024-v1) published on DataFirst microdata repository (https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog). Some of the metadata fields have been edited. Volunteer Activities Survey 2024 VAS 2024 ZAF_2024_VAS_v01_M Statistics South Africa MetadataEditor 2026-06 Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs] Version 01: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution. Statistics South Africa South Africa National coverage The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is province. Sample survey data [ssd] Cross-section [cross section] Statistics South Africa Face-to-face computer-assisted interviews [CAPI] DataFirst Dataportal Statistics South Africa website DataFirst vas-2024-activity1-v1 3558 35 vas-2024-activity2-v1 3558 35 vas-2024-activity3-v1 3558 35 vas-2024-individual-v1 3558 22 Unique number 3558 Person number 3558 1 17 1.8718381112985 1.3959617024519 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 17 17 Activity 1:Non household members 3558 1 2 1.3813940415964 0.48579723726695 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Organisation 3558 1 2 1.8001686340641 0.39992967431392 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Community 3558 1 2 1.8167509836987 0.38692491724628 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Nature 3558 1 2 1.9963462619449 0.060344110704644 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Did not provide unpaid help 3558 1 2 1.9789207419899 0.14366880004782 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Collecting and distributing donated goods 75 1 2 1.2266666666667 0.42149455234636 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Preparing goods to be donated 75 1 2 1.4533333333333 0.50116980273274 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Specific unpaid activities 3554 1110 9333 7012.8908272369 2147.1556778925 1110 Legislators 1210 Directors and chief executives 1231 Finance and administration managers/department managers 1232 Personnel and industrial relations managers/department managers 1315 General managers of hotels, restaurants and other catering or accommodation services 2221 Medical practitioners, physicians, Medical specialists and Medical occupations not elsewhere classified 2419 Business professionals not elsewhere classified, Consultants 2452 Sculptors, painters and related artists 2460 Religious professionals 3114 Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians, Assistants, technical and electronic engineering 3121 Computer assistants 3131 Photographers and image recording equipment operators, Sound recording equipment operators 3159 N/A 3241 Traditional medicine practitioners 3310 Primary education teaching associate professionals 3391 Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified 3411 Securities and finance dealers and brokers 3415 Technical and commercial sales representatives 3416 Buyers 3419 Finance and sales associate professionals not elsewhere classified 3431 Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals 3433 Bookkeepers 3471 Decorators and commercial designers, Product, industrial designers, Textile/ clothing/ fashion designers, Interior designers, Graphics designers and Designers not elsewhere classified 3472 Radio, television and other announcers 3473 Street, nightclub and related musicians, singers and dancers 3475 Athletes, sportspersons and related associate professionals 3479 Art, entertainment and sport associate professionals not elsewhere classified 3480 Religious associate professionals 4115 Secretaries 4121 Accounting and bookkeeping clerks 4141 Library and filing clerks 4144 Scribes and related workers 4190 Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) 4212 Tellers and other counter clerks 4215 Debt-collectors and related workers 4222 Receptionists and information clerks 5122 Cooks 5123 Waiters, waitresses and bartenders 5124 Tavern and shebeen operators 5131 Child-care workers 5132 Institution-based personal care workers, Nursing aids, Ambulance men and first-aid attendants 5133 Home-based personal care workers 5139 Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified 5141 Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers, Beauticians and Hairdressers 5143 Undertakers and embalmers 5161 Fire-fighters 5162 Police officers, traffic officers, Police officers and Traffic officers 5163 Prison guards 5169 Protective services workers not elsewhere classified, Rangers and game wardens 6141 Forestry workers and loggers, Forestry workers and Loggers 7122 Bricklayers and stonemasons (including apprentices/trainees) 7124 Carpenters and joiners (including apprentices/trainees) 7129 Building frame and related workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 7131 Roofers (including apprentices/trainees) 7136 Plumbers and pipe fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 7137 Building and related electricians (including apprentices/trainees) 7141 Painters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 7190 Extraction and building trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 7212 Welders and flamecutters (including apprentices/trainees) 7214 Structural-metal preparers and erectors (including apprentices/trainees) 7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 7245 Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers (including apprentices/trainees) 7290 Metal, machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 7321 Abrasive wheel formers, potters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 7331 Handicraft workers in wood and related materials (including apprentices/trainees) 7411 Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) 7412 Millers, bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (including apprentices/trainees) 7433 Tailors, dressmakers and hatters (including apprentices/trainees) 8141 Wood-processing plant operators 8163 Incinerator, water-treatment and related plant operators 8263 Sewing-machine operators 8320 Taxi drivers, informal 8322 Car, taxi and van drivers 9111 Street food vendors and related workers 9112 Street vendors, non-food products 9120 Shoe cleaning and other elementary street services occupations 9131 Domestic helpers and cleaners 9132 Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments 9133 Hand-launderers and pressers 9152 Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers 9161 Garbage collectors 9162 Sweepers and related labourers 9190 Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified 9211 Farmhands and labourers 9212 Forestry labourers 9312 Fishery, hunting and trapping labourers 9322 Hand-packers and other manufacturing labourers 9333 Freight handlers Activity 1:Volunteering for one or more hours 3558 1 1 1 1 Yes Activity 1:Beneficiary of unpaid work 3558 1 4 1.5935919055649 0.80522853801813 1 Friend, Neighbour, Stranger 2 Organisation, Association, Institution, Club, Business 3 Community 4 Nature, Street/Wild animals Activity 1:Hours worked in the LFS reference week 3557 84 5.1639021647456 7.1048994691949 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 18 18 20 20 21 21 24 24 25 25 27 27 28 28 30 30 32 32 35 35 36 36 40 40 44 44 45 45 47 47 48 48 50 50 52 52 56 56 60 60 64 64 72 72 80 80 84 84 Activity 1:Frequency of engagement in activity 3558 1 3 2.7110736368746 0.53575652797644 1 Every day 2 Every week (Not every day) 3 Less often (Not every week) Activity 1:Hours worked in the last 4 weeks 3558 1 240 10.366216975829 18.170682186165 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 20 20 21 21 23 23 24 24 25 25 27 27 28 28 30 30 32 32 34 34 35 35 36 36 38 38 40 40 44 44 45 45 46 46 48 48 49 49 50 50 52 52 56 56 60 60 63 63 64 64 70 70 72 72 75 75 80 80 84 84 90 90 94 94 96 96 100 100 112 112 120 120 124 124 130 130 140 140 150 150 160 160 180 180 208 208 224 224 240 240 Activity 1:Source of information about the activity 3558 1 8 6.2855536818437 1.44254381442 1 Social networks 2 Television 3 Radio 4 Newspaper 5 Family 6 Friends 7 Street posters 8 Other Activity 1:Location of the activity 3558 1 9 5.6582349634626 2.4961265306257 1 Western Cape 2 Eastern Cape 3 Northern Cape 4 Free State 5 KwaZulu-Natal 6 North West 7 Gauteng 8 Mpumalanga 9 Limpopo Activity 1:Main reason for providing unpaid help 3558 1 8 1.5067453625632 1.7404979681687 1 Wanted to help (Was asked/offered to help) 2 Wanted to learn a profession/trade 3 Wanted to gain work experience 7 Social/peer pressure 8 Other (specify) Activity 1:Unpaid work in exchange for training 47 2 2 2 2 No Activity 1:Labour exchange 3558 2 2 2 2 No Activity 1:Organizer of the activity 3558 1 6 3.7793704328274 1.203009742352 1 Respondent's place of work 2 Any other organisation, association, Institution, Club, Business 3 Community 4 Person helped by the respondent 5 Respondent himself/herself 6 Other person Activity 1:Corporate volunteering 39 2 2 2 2 No Activity 1:Entity organising the activity 588 10 990 921.80782312925 133.71327153537 10 Private household with employed persons 90 Other activities not adequately defined 111 Growing of crops 131 Ocean and coastal fishing 210 mining of coal and lignite 242 Mining of non-ferrous metal ores 341 Manufacture of glass and glass products 395 Recycling N.E.C. 502 Building of complete constructions or parts thereof; civil engineering 503 Building installation 621 Non-specialised retail trade in stores 623 Other retail trade in new goods in specialised stores 641 Hotels, camping sites and other provision of short stay accommodation 642 Restaurants, bars and canteens 712 Other land transport 811 Monetary intermediation 871 Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering 882 Architectural, engineering and other technical activities 889 Business activities N.E.C. 911 Central government activities 913 Local authority activities 914 Provincial administrations 916 S A Police service 920 Education 931 Human health activities 932 Veterinary activities 933 Social work activities 940 Other community,social and personal service activities 951 Activities of business, employers and professional organisations 952 Activities of trade unions 959 Activities of other member-ship organizations 961 Motion picture, radio, television and other entertainment activities 962 News agency activities 964 Sporting and other recreational activities 990 Other service activities Activity 1:Support received 3558 1 2 1.765317594154 0.42385972687695 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Money received 835 1 2 1.9556886227545 0.20590933909262 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Meal/food received 835 1 2 1.0467065868263 0.21113613845422 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Accomodation offered 835 1 2 1.9820359281437 0.13290040140358 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Transport services provided 835 1 2 1.9413173652695 0.23517061233139 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Other 835 1 2 1.985628742515 0.11908697882386 1 Yes 2 No Activity 1:Amount of cash support received 37 9999 1473.9189189189 3063.2636769228 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 100 100 150 150 200 200 250 250 300 300 350 350 400 400 480 480 500 500 600 600 700 700 950 950 999 999 1200 1200 2500 2500 9999 9999 Volunteer for activity 1 3558 1 1 1 1 Yes Hours of volunteer activity 1 3558 1 240 10.366216975829 18.170682186165 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 20 20 21 21 23 23 24 24 25 25 27 27 28 28 30 30 32 32 34 34 35 35 36 36 38 38 40 40 44 44 45 45 46 46 48 48 49 49 50 50 52 52 56 56 60 60 63 63 64 64 70 70 72 72 75 75 80 80 84 84 90 90 94 94 96 96 100 100 112 112 120 120 124 124 130 130 140 140 150 150 160 160 180 180 208 208 224 224 240 240 Volunteer occupation 1 3558 1 11 6.8156267566048 2.1445546731729 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technical and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Sales and service workers 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades workers 8 Plant and machine operators 9 Elementary occupation 10 Armed forces, occupations unspecified and not elsewhere classified and not economically active persons 11 Other Volunteer industry 1 588 1 11 8.8095238095238 1.0166138357728 1 Agriculture, hunting and forestry 2 Mining 3 Manufacturing 5 Construction 6 Wholesale and retail trade 7 Transport, storage and communication 8 Finance and business services 9 Community, social and personal services 10 Private households 11 Other Value 1 3554 23.255813953 20465.116278 407.50006543189 1132.1137915911 Unique number 3558 Person number 3558 1 17 1.8718381112985 1.3959617024519 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 17 17 Activity 2:Non household members 195 1 2 1.3487179487179 0.47779119952788 1 Yes 2 No Activity 2:Organisation 195 1 2 1.7076923076923 0.45599365578457 1 Yes 2 No Activity 2:Community 195 1 2 1.7384615384615 0.44060372394514 1 Yes 2 No Activity 2:Nature 195 2 2 2 2 No Activity 2:Did not provide unpaid help 195 1 2 1.9948717948718 0.071611487403943 1 Yes 2 No Activity 2:Collecting and distributing donated goods 1 1 1 1 <NA> 1 Yes Activity 2:Preparing goods to be donated 1 1 1 1 <NA> 1 Yes Activity 2:Specific unpaid activities 195 1110 9333 7048.358974359 2210.3839882762 1110 Legislators 1231 Finance and administration managers/department managers 1315 General managers of hotels, restaurants and other catering or accommodation services 2419 Business professionals not elsewhere classified, Consultants 3121 Computer assistants 3224 Optometrists and opticians 3415 Technical and commercial sales representatives 3471 Decorators and commercial designers, Product, industrial designers, Textile/ clothing/ fashion designers, Interior designers, Graphics designers and Designers not elsewhere classified 3475 Athletes, sportspersons and related associate professionals 3480 Religious associate professionals 4190 Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) 5113 Travel guides 5122 Cooks 5124 Tavern and shebeen operators 5131 Child-care workers 5133 Home-based personal care workers 5139 Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified 5141 Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers, Beauticians and Hairdressers 5143 Undertakers and embalmers 5169 Protective services workers not elsewhere classified, Rangers and game wardens 6141 Forestry workers and loggers, Forestry workers and Loggers 7131 Roofers (including apprentices/trainees) 7137 Building and related electricians (including apprentices/trainees) 7141 Painters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 7212 Welders and flamecutters (including apprentices/trainees) 7214 Structural-metal preparers and erectors (including apprentices/trainees) 7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 7245 Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers (including apprentices/trainees) 7290 Metal, machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 7411 Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) 7433 Tailors, dressmakers and hatters (including apprentices/trainees) 8322 Car, taxi and van drivers 9111 Street food vendors and related workers 9131 Domestic helpers and cleaners 9132 Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments 9133 Hand-launderers and pressers 9141 Building caretakers 9152 Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers 9161 Garbage collectors 9162 Sweepers and related labourers 9190 Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified 9211 Farmhands and labourers 9312 Construction and maintenance labourers: roads, dams and similar constructions 9322 Hand-packers and other manufacturing labourers 9333 Freight handlers Activity 2:Volunteering for one or more hours 195 1 1 1 1 Yes Activity 2:Beneficiary of unpaid work 195 1 3 1.6307692307692 0.8104198498735 1 Friend, Neighbour, Stranger 2 Organisation, Association, Institution, Club, Business 3 Community Activity 2:Hours worked in the LFS reference week 195 48 3.6153846153846 5.1733625060834 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 15 15 16 16 20 20 24 24 30 30 48 48 Activity 2:Frequency of engagement in activity 195 1 3 2.774358974359 0.48732276647063 1 Every day 2 Every week (Not every day) 3 Less often (Not every week) Activity 2:Hours worked in the last 4 weeks 195 1 80 6.6615384615385 8.8695185013437 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 14 14 15 15 16 16 18 18 20 20 24 24 30 30 32 32 40 40 48 48 80 80 Activity 2:Source of information about the activity 195 1 8 6.3487179487179 1.6749937366973 1 Social networks 3 Radio 5 Family 6 Friends 8 Other Activity 2:Location of the activity 195 1 9 5.1589743589744 2.5586640711973 1 Western Cape 2 Eastern Cape 3 Northern Cape 4 Free State 5 KwaZulu-Natal 6 North West 7 Gauteng 8 Mpumalanga 9 Limpopo Activity 2:Main reason for providing unpaid help 195 1 8 1.4717948717949 1.7029308752715 1 Wanted to help (Was asked/offered to help) 3 Wanted to gain work experience 7 Social/peer pressure 8 Other (specify) Activity 2:Unpaid work in exchange for training 2 2 2 2 2 No Activity 2:Labour exchange 195 2 2 2 2 No Activity 2:Organizer of the activity 195 1 6 3.9282051282051 1.2782778197675 1 Respondent's place of work 2 Any other organisation, association, Institution, Club, Business 3 Community 4 Person helped by the respondent 5 Respondent himself/herself 6 Other person Activity 2:Corporate volunteering 3 2 2 2 2 No Activity 2:Entity organising the activity 31 301 961 914.41935483871 127.823256672 301 Production, processing and preservation of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, oils and fats 635 Manufacture of electric lamps and lighting equipment 913 Local authority activities 920 Education 933 Social work activities 952 Activities of trade unions 959 Activities of other member-ship organizations 961 Motion picture, radio, television and other entertainment activities Activity 2:Support received 195 1 2 1.7538461538462 0.43187803371226 1 Yes 2 No Activity 2:Money received 48 1 2 1.9791666666667 0.14433756729741 1 Yes 2 No Activity 2:Meal/food received 48 1 1 1 1 Yes Activity 2:Accomodation offered 48 2 2 2 2 No Activity 2:Transport services provided 48 1 2 1.9583333333333 0.20194093652346 1 Yes 2 No Activity 2:Other 48 1 2 1.9583333333333 0.20194093652346 1 Yes 2 No Activity 2:Amount of cash support received 1 150 150 150 <NA> 150 150 Volunteer for activity 2 3558 1 2 1.9451939291737 0.22763332121142 1 Yes 2 No Hours of volunteer activity 2 195 1 80 6.6615384615385 8.8695185013437 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 14 14 15 15 16 16 18 18 20 20 24 24 30 30 32 32 40 40 48 48 80 80 Volunteer occupation 2 195 1 9 6.8512820512821 2.2020224765082 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technical and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Sales and service workers 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades workers 8 Plant and machine operators 9 Elementary occupation Volunteer industry 2 31 3 9 8.7096774193548 1.1886560586673 3 Manufacturing 6 Wholesale and retail trade 9 Community, social and personal services Value 2 195 23.772609819 4341.0852714 240.36606373731 462.00766228353 Unique number 3558 Person number 3558 1 17 1.8718381112985 1.3959617024519 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 17 17 Non household members 15 1 2 1.4 0.50709255283711 1 Yes 2 No Organisation 15 1 2 1.6666666666667 0.48795003647427 1 Yes 2 No Community 15 1 2 1.6 0.50709255283711 1 Yes 2 No Nature 15 2 2 2 2 No Did not provide unpaid help 15 2 2 2 2 No Collecting and distributing donated goods Preparing goods to be donated Specific unpaid activities 15 3479 9312 6996.5333333333 2259.5438182666 3479 Art, entertainment and sport associate professionals not elsewhere classified 4115 Secretaries 5133 Home-based personal care workers 5139 Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified 5143 Undertakers and embalmers 7411 Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) 9133 Hand-launderers and pressers 9161 Garbage collectors 9190 Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified 9312 Fishery, hunting and trapping labourers Volunteering for one or more hours 15 1 1 1 1 Yes Beneficiary of unpaid work 15 1 3 1.6 0.82807867121083 1 Friend, Neighbour, Stranger 2 Organisation, Association, Institution, Club, Business 3 Community Hours worked in the LFS reference week 15 16 2.7333333333333 3.844600418893 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 16 16 Frequency of engagement in activity 15 1 3 2.6666666666667 0.61721339984837 1 Every day 2 Every week (Not every day) 3 Less often (Not every week) Hours worked in the last 4 weeks 15 1 30 5.7333333333333 7.9773488853187 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 8 8 18 18 30 30 Source of information about the activity 15 5 8 6.2666666666667 1.1629191512659 5 Family 6 Friends 8 Other Location of the activity 15 1 8 4.4666666666667 2.0998866182544 1 Western Cape 3 Northern Cape 4 Free State 5 KwaZulu-Natal 7 Gauteng 8 Mpumalanga Main reason for providing unpaid help 15 1 8 1.4666666666667 1.8073922282301 1 Wanted to help (Was asked/offered to help) 8 Other (specify) Unpaid work in exchange for training Labour exchange 15 2 2 2 2 No Organizer of the activity 15 1 6 3.5333333333333 1.4573295865416 1 Respondent's place of work 2 Any other organisation, association, Institution, Club, Business 3 Community 4 Person helped by the respondent 5 Respondent himself/herself 6 Other person Corporate volunteering 1 2 2 2 <NA> 2 No Entity organising the activity 4 933 961 946.5 15.609825965291 933 Social work activities 959 Activities of other member-ship organizations 961 Motion picture, radio, television and other entertainment activities Support received 15 1 2 1.6666666666667 0.48795003647427 1 Yes 2 No Money received 5 2 2 2 2 No Meal/food received 5 1 1 1 1 Yes Accomodation offered 5 2 2 2 2 No Transport services provided 5 2 2 2 2 No Other 5 2 2 2 2 No Amount of cash support received Volunteer for activity 3 3558 1 2 1.995784148398 0.064801685374054 1 Yes 2 No Hours of volunteer activity 3 15 1 30 5.7333333333333 7.9773488853187 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 8 8 18 18 30 30 Volunteer occupation 3 15 3 9 6.8 2.2740775209804 3 Technical and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Sales and service workers 7 Craft and related trades workers 9 Elementary occupation Volunteer industry 3 4 9 9 9 9 Community, social and personal services Value 3 15 23.772609819 852.7131783 192.17915589927 259.27541056749 Unique household identifier 3558 160100900000008896 987105900000009216 640394303442201216 246592695588130208 Person Number 3558 1 17 1.8718381112985 1.3959617024519 Gender 3558 1 2 1.5713884204609 0.49494701192862 1 Male 2 Female Age 3558 15 87 43.422147273749 14.901437353381 Population group 3558 1 4 1.2464867903316 0.74435955775222 1 African/Black 2 Coloured 3 Indian/Asian 4 White Marital status 3558 1 5 3.4072512647555 1.7745342665586 1 Married 2 Living together like husband and wife 3 Widow/widower 4 Divorced or separated 5 Never married Highest education level 3558 98 15.501405283867 16.792416097623 Grade R/0 1 Grade 1/Sub A 2 Grade 2/Sub B 3 Grade 3/Standard 1/ABET 1 (Kha ri gude, SANLI) 4 Grade 4/Standard 2 5 Grade 5/Standard 3/ABET 2 6 Grade 6/Standard 4 7 Grade 7/Standard 5/ABET 3 8 Grade 8/Standard 6/Form 1 9 Grade 9/Standard 7/Form 2/ABET 4 10 Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3 11 Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4 12 Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric (No exemption) 13 Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric (Exemption/Bachelor's pass) 14 NTC l/N1/NIC/(v) Level 2 15 NTC II/N2/NIC/(v) Level 3 16 NTC III/N3/NIC/(v) Level 4 17 N4/NTC 4 18 N5/NTC 5 19 N6/NTC 6 20 Certificate with less than Grade 12/Std 10 21 Diploma with less than Grade 12/Std 10 22 Certificate with Grade 12/Std 10 23 Diploma with Grade 12/Std 10 24 Higher Diploma 25 Post Higher Diploma (Master's, Doctoral Diploma) 26 Bachelor's Degree 27 Bachelor's Degree and Postgraduate Diploma 28 Honours Degree 29 Higher Degree (Master's/PhD) 30 Other 31 Do not know 98 No schooling Main work 1312 1 4 1.5015243902439 0.83039005071294 1 Working for someone else for pay 2 An employer (employing one or more employees) 3 Own account worker (not employing any employees) 4 Helping without pay in a household business Type of respondent 3558 1 2 1.1691961776279 0.37497779938708 1 Yes 2 No Education Status 3558 1 7 4.2821810005621 1.2664093332027 1 No schooling 2 Less than primary completed 3 Primary completed 4 Secondary not completed 5 Secondary completed 6 Tertiary 7 Other Main industry 1312 1 10 6.9657012195122 2.5127374302739 1 Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 2 Mining and quarrying 3 Manufacturing 4 Electricity, gas and water supply 5 Construction 6 Wholesale and retail trade 7 Transport, storage and communication 8 Financial intermediation, insurance, real estate and business services 9 Community, social and personal services 10 Private households Main occupation 1312 1 10 5.9420731707317 2.8688066393406 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technical and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Service workers and shop and market sales workers 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades workers 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9 Elementary occupation 10 Domestic workers Employment status 3558 1 4 2.3128161888702 1.2376844057193 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Discouraged jobseeker 4 Other not economically active Sector 1312 1 4 1.608993902439 0.87442423988453 1 Formal sector (non-agricultural) 2 Informal sector (non-agricultural) 3 Agriculture 4 Private households Sector2 1312 1 4 1.5198170731707 0.81905452184923 1 Formal sector (including agriculture)) 2 Informal sector (including agriculture)) 4 Private households Volunteer 3558 1 1 1 1 Volunteer Age group 3558 4 16 9.2768409218662 2.9748411690159 4 Age 15–19 5 Age 20–24 6 Age 25–29 7 Age 30–34 8 Age 35–39 9 Age 40–44 10 Age 45–49 11 Age 50–54 12 Age 55–59 13 Age 60–64 14 Age 65–69 15 Age 70–74 16 Age 75+ Geography Type 3558 1 3 1.5494659921304 0.54040925811787 1 Urban 2 Traditional 3 Farms Stratum 3558 10101 90401 57673.331084879 25001.863058598 Province 3558 1 9 5.6689151208544 2.4870755041814 1 Western Cape 2 Eastern Cape 3 Northern Cape 4 Free State 5 KwaZulu-Natal 6 North West 7 Gauteng 8 Mpumalanga 9 Limpopo Metro/non-metro 3558 1 17 10.650084317032 4.9081342802181 1 WC – Non-metro 2 WC – City of Cape Town 3 EC – Non-metro 4 EC – Buffalo City 5 EC – Nelson Mandela Bay 6 NC – Non-metro 7 FS – Non-metro 8 FS – Mangaung 9 KZN – Non-metro 10 KZN – eThekwini 11 NW – Non-metro 12 GP – Non-metro 13 GP – Ekurhuleni 14 GP – City of Johannesburg 15 GP – City of Tshwane 16 MP – Non-metro 17 LP – Non-metro Weight 3558 50 3507.6298828125 884.1107945209 420.21312421927