General household survey - Statistics South Africa

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2. Education
2.7 Population aged 15 years and older with a level of education lower than Grade 7, by literacy skills and age group (concluded), 2011
Thousands
Literacy skills
15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55+ Total
No difficulty 384 195 195 235 289 330 400 437 1 505 3 971
Some difficulty 24 12 12 20 31 27 35 43 254 459
A lot of difficulty 6 10 11 11 9 15 23 28 179 292
Unable to do 19 23 28 41 32 44 40 66 431 723
Total 433 240 247 307 361 416 499 574 2 370 5 446
Calculating change
No difficulty 302 151 139 175 207 228 292 300 959 2 753
Some difficulty 49 19 27 28 52 48 64 64 293 644
A lot of difficulty 26 23 21 25 30 41 41 61 248 517
Unable to do 57 47 58 78 70 100 103 148 868 1 529
Total 434 240 246 306 361 416 500 573 2 368 5 443
Reading road signs
Total population aged 15 years and older with level of
education lower than Grade 7 471 275 277 337 391 441 537 615 2 491 5 835
Total population aged 15 years and older 5 268 5 086 4 555 3 992 3 454 2 597 2 239 2 089 5 716 34 996
Totals exclude unspecified literacy skills.
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