Table 1.
The (weighted) South African Social Attitudes Survey sample in 2013.
| Variable | Value | Weighted percent |
|---|---|---|
| Race/ethnicity | African-isiXhosa | 17.8 |
| African-isiZulu | 23.5 | |
| African-Sepedi | 9.2 | |
| African-Sesotho | 8.9 | |
| African-Setswana | 8.0 | |
| African-other African language | 10.8 | |
| Coloured-Afrikaans | 6.7 | |
| Coloured-English | 2.4 | |
| Indian-any language | 2.9 | |
| White-Afrikaans | 5.8 | |
| White-English | 4.1 | |
| Educational attainment | Primary or less | 18.3 |
| Some secondary | 40.1 | |
| Matric or equivalent | 31.5 | |
| Tertiary education | 10.2 | |
| Economic class | Lower class | 41.9 |
| Working class | 22.7 | |
| Middle/upper class | 35.4 | |
| Province | Western Cape | 11.9 |
| Eastern Cape | 11.8 | |
| Northern Cape | 2.2 | |
| Free State | 5.3 | |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 18.6 | |
| North West | 6.7 | |
| Gauteng | 26.2 | |
| Mpumalanga | 7.5 | |
| Limpopo | 9.9 | |
| Urbanicity | Urban-formal | 63.5 |
| Urban-informal | 9.1 | |
| Rural | 27.3 | |
| Religion | Not religious | 15.0 |
| Christian | 69.5 | |
| Other | 15.5 | |
| Political ideology | Extremely Liberal/Left | 8.5 |
| Liberal/Left | 13.3 | |
| Slightly Liberal/Left | 12.1 | |
| Moderate | 23.9 | |
| Slightly Conservative/Right | 7.5 | |
| Conservative/Right | 6.5 | |
| Extremely Conservative/Right | 3.3 | |
| Don’t know | 25 |