What is the highest grade you have completed at school? [do not read out—if do Grade 12 but failed matric, this is recorded as completed Grade 11]

1 = Pre-school/Grade R 2 = Grade 1/Sub a/Class 1 3 = Grade 2/Sub b/Class 2 4 = Grade 3/Standard 1/Abet 1 5 = Grade 4/Standard 2/Abet 2 6 = Grade 5/Standard 3/Abet 2 7 = Grade 6/Standard 4/Abet 3 8 = Grade 7/Standard 5/Abet 3 9 = Grade 8/Standard 6/Abet 3 10 = Grade 9/Standard 7/Abet 3 11 = Grade 10/Standard 8/Ntc 1 12 = Grade 11/Standard 9/Ntc 2 13 = Grade 12/Standard 10/Ntc 3 14 = Further studies incomplete 15 = Diploma/other post school completed 16 = Further degree completed 96 = Don’t know 97 = Refused to answer If = 13 continue to 2.5a otherwise skip to 2.6