NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider DataFirstMicrodata access: Register Geography South Africa (ZAF) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2019 - 12/2019 Series or system South Africa General Household Survey Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalDe jureHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary "The General Household Survey (GHS) is an annual household survey which measures the living circumstances of South African households. The GHS collects data on education, health, and social development, housing, access to services and facilities, food security, and agriculture." Source: DataFirst Keywords Absenteeism, Agriculture, Assets, Asthma, Birth certificates, Birth place, Breastfeeding, Burns, COPD, Cancers, Child care, Child development, Children, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Cough, Crops, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Disability, Domestic violence, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Epilepsy, Family composition, Family size, HIV and AIDS, Health care access, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Household expenditures, Household water treatment, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Income, Infant mortality, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Internet, Ischemic heart disease, Land ownership, Languages, Lighting, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Loans, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mobility aids, Mortality, Musculoskeletal diseases, Osteoporosis, Parental survival, Pesticides, Poisonings, Pregnancy, Public social assistance, Race, Respiratory infections, Road traffic injuries, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sensory aids, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Stroke, Telephones, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unemployment, Unintentional firearm injuries, Violence, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply Citation Contributors Statistics South Africa Publisher DataFirst Publication year 2021 Suggested citation Statistics South Africa. South Africa General Household Survey 2019. Cape Town, South Africa: DataFirst, 2021. GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 12, 2025