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EDUCATION

What stats say about SA

Life inSA remains a tale of twohalves: stagnation insomeareas,butstill plenty to becheerful about in others.

Stats SAs 2012GeneralHousehold Survey oers somefascinating

insights intowhat has changed andwhat hasnt in the pastdecade

Nationally, 74.1% of people betweenthe ages of seven and 24 were

attending educational institutions in2012 compared with 73.6% in 2002.

The main reason for dropping out ofschool was a lack of money for schoolfees. The study found that literacylevels were improving, with92.9% ofSouth Africans able to read and write

Nearly25% of households have atleast one member of the family whobelongs to a medical aid scheme,while 79.2% of households depend

on public healthcare facilities

The number of people dependent onsocial grants increased drasticallyover the past 10 years, from 12.7% in2002 to 29.6% in 2012.

Eastern Cape has the highestnumber of households (40.3%) that

are dependent on social grants,followed by Limpopo (37.7%) andKwaZulu-Natal (36.1%)

2002

2012

12.7%

29.6%

Grants

Salaries

39.5%

64.9%

The percentage of households livingin informal settlements increasedfrom 52.9% in 2002 to 54.5% in 2012.

About 14.2% of households werebased in government-subsidised orRDP houses, while female-headedhouseholds were more likely tobenefit from government subsidies

than those headed by males

The percentage of households whoreceive electricity increased from

77.1% in 2002 to85% in 2012.Although the use of wood andparan for cooking decreasedconsiderably over the past 10 years,these figures remain comparativelyhigh in Limpopo (48.1%) andEastern Cape (30.4%)

Households that are satisfied withthe quality of water decreased from76.4% in 2005 to60.1% in 2012,with many households reporting that

their water consistently smelt badand did not taste right, and that theyfelt their water was unsafe to drink

Households using the bucket toiletsystem decreased from 12.3% in2002 to 5.3% in 2012.

Households that had refuse-removal services from theirmunicipality also increased from

58.3% in 2002 to64% in 2012

Only 6.3% of households nationallydid not have access to a land linetelephone or a cellular phone.

More than a third of South Africanhouseholds (40.6%) had at leastone member who used the internetat home, work or for study

Taxis are the most commonly used mode oftransport, with40.4% of all households

having one member who used a taxi or busto go to work, while68.8% of people whoattend educational institutions walk to getthere. Private vehicles were the main modeof transport used to get to work, with33.6% of households using private vehiclescompared with 23.1% who used taxis

While39.5% of householdsnationally depended on social grantsfor income,64.9% relied on salariesfor their income.

Western Cape (77.3%) and Gauteng(75.6%) had the highest proportionof households that relied on salaries

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20122002

77.1%85%

20122005

76.4%

60.1%

TaxisPrivate

33.6%23.1%