General household survey - Statistics South Africa

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2. Education
2.3 Population aged 20 years and older, by highest level of education, age group and sex (concluded), 2011
Thousands
20–24 25–34 35–44 45+ Total
Highest level of education
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Diploma with less than Grade 12/Std 10 1 4 6 9 9 17 10 11 21 18 23 41 38 47 85
Certificate with Grade 12/Std 10 32 50 81 77 94 171 37 59 96 37 37 74 183 240 423
Diploma with Grade 12/Std 10 40 66 106 163 229 392 141 207 349 192 199 391 537 701 1 238
Higher Diploma (Technikon/University of Technology) 6 14 20 46 50 96 55 45 101 63 65 127 169 175 344
Post Higher Diploma (Technikon/University of Technology Masters, Doctoral) 5 5 10 9 7 16 11 8 18 27 34 62 52 54 107
Bachelors Degree 11 18 29 89 101 190 99 87 186 147 126 273 346 332 678
Bachelors Degree and post-graduate diploma * 3 6 15 21 36 14 11 25 22 28 50 53 64 116
Honours Degree * 7 11 15 25 40 21 33 54 49 41 90 89 107 195
Higher degree (Masters, Doctorate) * * * 16 9 25 14 16 30 50 26 76 79 51 130
Other 9 5 14 14 14 28 9 8 17 6 7 13 38 34 72
Do not know 3 3 6 12 9 21 24 10 34 72 48 120 111 70 182
Unspecified 24 15 39 13 9 22 11 13 24 13 12 26 62 49 111
Total population aged 20 years and older 2 553 2 532 5 086 4 139 4 408 8 547 2 871 3 180 6 051 4 483 5 561 10 044 14 047 15 681 29 729
Due to rounding, numbers do not necessarily add up to totals.
Numbers below 10 000 are too small to provide accurate estimates. Sensitive cells are indicated by an asterisk.
General Household Survey, July 2011