Dataset: South Africa Census, 2001: Population (10% sample)

Variable p17_educ: Level of education

Literal Question

P-17. What is the highest level of education that (the person) has completed? If categories 99 or 00-12 go to P-18.

Values Categories N NW
0 Not applicable (less than five years old) 0 0.0
 0.0%
1 Grade 1/Sub A 181825 2,152,067.7
 4.8%
2 Grade 2/Sub B 123569 1,473,587.8
 3.3%
3 Grade 3/Standard 1 159086 1,900,676.1
 4.2%
4 Grade 4/Standard 2 177194 2,120,966.9
 4.7%
5 Grade 5/Standard 3 176807 2,118,820.1
 4.7%
6 Grade 6/Standard 4 192161 2,300,130.0
 5.1%
7 Grade 7/Standard 5 234842 2,812,513.2
 6.3%
8 Grade 8/Standard 6/Form 1 261087 3,115,143.4
 7.0%
9 Grade 9/Standard 7/Form 2 209658 2,516,143.9
 5.6%
10 Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3/NTCI 263695 3,181,273.5
 7.1%
11 Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4/NTCII 189712 2,293,533.5
 5.1%
12 Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric/NTCIII 458270 5,601,085.7
 12.5%
13 Certificate with less than Grade 12 7719 94,078.7
 0.2%
14 Diploma with less than Grade 12 5908 71,821.7
 0.2%
15 Certificate with Grade 12 36339 442,907.0
 1.0%
16 Diploma with Grade 12 79766 973,510.8
 2.2%
17 Bachelors Degree 27431 338,004.0
 0.8%
18 Bachelors Degree & Diploma 13516 166,053.0
 0.4%
19 Honours Degree 10437 129,933.1
 0.3%
20 Higher Degree (Masters, Doctorate) 10666 132,043.9
 0.3%
99 No schooling 905967 10,834,390.4
 24.2%

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 3725655 4.4768684365E7
Missing cases 0 0.0
Minimum 1.0
Maximum 99.0
This variable is numeric

Universe

All persons aged 5 years and over

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