General household survey - Statistics South Africa

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P0318
2. Education
2.5 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, 2011
Thousands
South
Africa
Mpuma -
langa Limpopo
North
West Gauteng
Free
State
Northern
Cape
KwaZulu-
Natal
Eastern
Cape
Western
Cape
Literacy skills
Male 28 128 132 27 36 96 66 58 63 633
Female 36 165 248 38 55 107 73 101 192 1 016
Total 64 293 380 65 91 203 139 159 254 1 649
Writing his/her name
Male 50 202 197 52 75 152 147 106 132 1 114
Female 56 228 346 65 98 151 139 159 281 1 524
Total 107 430 543 117 172 304 287 266 412 2 637
Reading
Male 78 349 285 67 97 214 196 158 184 1 629
Female 82 370 462 82 129 217 183 217 344 2 085
Total 160 719 748 149 226 430 379 375 528 3 714
Filling in a form
Male 64 224 224 56 85 171 160 114 145 1 244
Female 73 251 377 67 105 168 147 172 295 1 655
Total 136 475 602 123 189 340 308 286 440 2 900
Writing a letter
Male 29 114 120 31 41 53 90 42 72 593
Female 41 119 251 39 57 59 89 81 146 882
Total 69 233 371 70 98 113 179 124 218 1 474
Calculating/working out how much change he/she should receive
Male 34 273 227 51 47 133 99 60 136 1 061
Female 48 285 404 70 80 171 129 141 301 1 629
Total 83 559 631 121 127 304 227 202 437 2 690
Reading road signs
Male 187 536 546 89 165 297 347 222 301 2 690
Female 192 531 802 104 198 284 300 269 465 3 145
Total 379 1 066 1 348 193 364 581 647 491 766 5 835
Total population aged 15 years and older with level of education lower than
Grade 7
General Household Survey, July 2011