General Household Survey - Statistics South Africa

1 T +27 12 310 8911 F +27 12 310 8500 Private Bag X44, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa ISIbalo House, Koch Street, Salvokop, Pretoria, 0002 STATISTICAL RELEASE P0318 General Household Survey 2016 Embargoed until: 31 May 2017 12:00 ENQUIRIES: FORTHCOMING ISSUE: EXPECTED RELEASE DATE User Information Services GHS 2017 May 2018 Tel.: (012) 310 8600 Statistics South Africa ii P0318 General Household Survey , 2016 CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .. vi LIST OF TABLES .. viii 1. Introduction .. 1 2. Summary and key findings .. 1 3. Basic population Statistics .. 7 4. Education .. 8 Introduction .. 8 Educational profile of learners aged 0 4 years .. 8 General attendance of individuals aged 5 years and older at educational institutions .. 10 School attendance .. 14 Higher education institution attendance .. 16 Educational attainment of persons aged 20 years and older .. 17 5. Health .. 21 Health care provision and quality .. 21 Medical aid coverage.

2 23 Teenage pregnancy .. 26 6. Disability .. 26 7. Social security services .. 27 8. Housing .. 29 Housing types and ownership .. 29 State-subsidised housing .. 31 9. Household sources of energy .. 32 11. Water access and use .. 36 11. Sanitation .. 43 12. Refuse removal .. 46 13. Telecommunications .. 49 14. Transport .. 52 15. Environmental trends .. 53 16. Household assets and sources of income .. 56 17. Access to food .. 58 18. Agriculture .. 61 19. Technical notes .. 62 Methodology and fieldwork .. 62 The questionnaire .. 63 Response rates .. 64 Data revisions .. 64 Limitations of the study .. 65 Sample design .. 65 Allocating sample sizes to 67 Weighting .. 69 Sampling and the interpretation of the data .. 70 Comparability with previous surveys .. 70 Editing and imputation .. 70 Definitions of terms .. 71 Classifications .. 72 Statistics South Africa iii P0318 General Household Survey , 2016 ADDENDUM TABLES 1. Population .. 73 By province, population group and sex, 2016.

3 73 By age group, population group and sex, 2016 .. 74 2. Education .. 75 Population aged 20 years and older, by highest level of education and province, 2016 .. 75 Population aged 20 years and older, by highest level of education, population group and sex, 2016 .. 77 Population aged 20 years and older, by highest level of education, age group and sex, 2016 .. 79 Population aged 15 years and older with a level of education lower than Grade 7, by literacy skills and province, 2016 .. 81 Population aged 15 years and older with a level of education lower than Grade 7, who have some, a lot of difficulty or are unable to do basic literacy activities by sex and province, 2016 .. 83 Population aged 15 years and older with a level of education lower than Grade 7, who have some, a lot of difficulty or are unable to do basic literacy activities, by population group and sex, 2016 .. 85 Population aged 15 years and older with a level of education lower than Grade 7, by literacy skills and age group, 2016.

4 87 3. Attendance at an educational institution .. 89 Population attending and not attending an educational institution by population group and age group, 2016 .. 89 Population attending an educational institution, by type of institution, age group and sex, 2016 .. 91 Population aged 5 years and older attending an educational institution, by type of institution and province, 2016 .. 92 Population aged 5 years and older attending an educational institution, by type of institution, population group and sex, 2016 .. 93 Population aged 5 years and older attending an educational institution, by annual tuition fee, population group and sex, 2016 .. 94 Population aged 5 years and older attending an educational institution, by annual tuition fee and type of institution, 2016 .. 95 Population aged 5 years and older attending an educational institution that benefited from reductions or partial bursaries, by type of institution, sex and province, 2016 .. 96 Population aged 5 years and older attending an educational institution, by the kind of problems they experience at the institution, and by province, 2016.

5 98 Population aged 5 years and older currently attending school by grade and by province, 2016 .. 99 Population aged 0 4 years attending a day care centre, cr che, early childhood development centre (ECD) playgroup, nursery school or pre-primary school, by whether they attend or not, and by province, 2016 .. 100 Population aged 0 4 years attending a day care centre, cr che, early childhood development centre (ECD) playgroup, nursery school or pre-primary school, by whether they attend these institutions, and by population group and sex, 2016 .. 101 4. Medical aid coverage .. 102 Medical aid coverage, by province and population group, 2016 .. 102 Medical aid coverage, by population group and sex, 2016 .. 104 Medical aid coverage, by age group, 2016 .. 105 5. Health .. 106 General health perception, by province, 2016 .. 106 People who were ill in the month prior to the interview and who consulted a health worker, by province, 2016 .. 107 People who were ill in the month prior to the interview and whether they consulted a health worker, by population group and sex, 2016.

6 108 The Household s normal place of consultation by province, 2016 .. 109 The Household s normal place of consultation and whether at least one member is covered by medical aid, 2016 .. 110 Statistics South Africa iv P0318 General Household Survey , 2016 The respondent s level of satisfaction with the service received during their most recent visit, by kind of health facility used, 2016 .. 111 The respondent s level of satisfaction with the service received during their most recent visit to a health facility, by population group and sex, 2016 .. 112 People who were sick/injured and who did not consult a health worker in the month prior to the interview, by the reason for not consulting, and by population group and sex, 2016 .. 113 Population suffering from chronic health conditions as diagnosed by a medical practitioner or nurse, by sex and province, 2016 .. 114 6. Disabilities .. 117 Population aged 5 years and older that have some difficulty or are unable to do basic activities, by province, 2016.

7 117 Population aged 5 years and older that have some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or are unable to do basic activities, by population group and sex, 2016 .. 119 Population aged 5 years and older that are using assistive devices, by sex and province, 2016 .. 121 7. Social welfare .. 122 Population that received social grants, relief assistance or social relief, by population group, sex and province, 122 8. Dwellings and services .. 123 Type of dwelling, by number of rooms in the dwelling .. 123 All population groups, 2016 .. 123 Black African population group, 2016 .. 124 Other** population groups, 125 Type of dwelling of households, by province, 2016 .. 126 Type of dwelling of households, by main source of water, 2016 .. 127 Households by type of dwelling, by tenure status, 2016 .. 129 Tenure status of households, by province, 2016 .. 130 Type of ownership of the dwellings of households, by population group and sex of the Household head, 2016.

8 131 Type of dwelling of households, by main source of energy .. 132 For cooking, 2016 .. 132 For heating, 2016 .. 133 For lighting, 2016 .. 134 9. Water services .. 135 Main source of water for households, by province, 2016 .. 135 Households by main source of water, by population group of the Household head, 2016 .. 136 Households whose main source of water was supplied by the local municipality, by province, 2016 .. 137 Households whose main source of water was supplied by the local municipality, by population group and sex of the Household head, 2016 .. 138 Households without water in the dwelling or on site, by the distance Household members have to travel to reach the nearest water source, and population group of the Household head, 2016 .. 139 Households perceptions of water quality, per province, 2016 .. 140 10. Communication .. 141 Households ownership of a cellular phone, by population group and sex of the Household head, 2016 .. 141 Households ownership of a cellular phone, by province, 2016.

9 142 Households with connection of a landline phone, by population group and sex of the Household head, 2016 .. 143 Households ownership of a landline phone, by province, 2016 .. 144 11. Source of energy .. 145 Electricity connection to the mains, by population group, sex of the Household head and province, 2016 .. 145 Source of energy .. 146 Main source of energy used by households, by province .. 146 For cooking, 2016 .. 146 For heating, 2016 .. 147 For lighting, 2016 .. 148 Statistics South Africa v P0318 General Household Survey , 2016 Main source of energy used by households, by population group of the Household head .. 149 For cooking, 2016 .. 149 For heating, 2016 .. 150 For lighting, 2016 .. 151 12. Sanitation .. 152 Sanitation facility used by households, by province, 2016 .. 152 Sanitation facility used by households, by population group of the Household head, 2016 .. 153 Sanitation facility used by households, by type of dwelling, 2016.

10 154 13. Refuse removal .. 156 Households who pay for their refuse removal, by type of refuse removal service and province, 2016 .. 156 Type of refuse removal services used by households, by population group of the Household head, 2016 .. 157 Households currently paying for the removal of refuse, by province, 2016 .. 158 14. Transport .. 159 Number of trips made by Household members per week using each of the following modes of transport, by province, 2016 .. 159 Distance travelled to get to the nearest minibus taxi/sedan taxi/bakkie taxi, bus and train, by population group of the Household head, 2016 .. 160 Money spent during the previous calendar week by households per transport mode, by the sex of the Household head, 2016 .. 161 Time taken to get to the health facility that members of the Household normally go to, by transport mode, 2016 .. 162 15. Environment .. 163 Environmental problems experienced in the community or neighbouring farms, by province, 2016.