The number of adults with a prepaid cell phone subscription has quintupled (5x) from 2000 to 2007. In 2000, 3 million adults claimed to have a prepaid cellular phone subscription. (Source: AMPS2000 and 2007)

This week’s theme: Miscellaneous facts

12.4 million South Africans receive a social grant. The number of child support grant recipients has increased by 25% per annum since 2003. (StatsSA Social Grant Fact Sheets)

This week’s theme: Miscellaneous facts

In 1970, 1% of the South African workforce had a tertiary education. By 1995 this proportion had climbed to 17%, and in 2007, to 21%. (NBER working paper 131167, AMPS2007)

This week’s theme: Miscellaneous facts

24% of Woolworth Food’s customers have a personal income of R10,000 per month or or more. Of the other major supermarkets, next highest is Pick’n'Pay at around 12%. (AMPS2007A)

This week’s theme: Miscellaneous facts

In 2000, 16% of South African adults had a cell phone. By 2007, this proportion had grown to 56% (AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Miscellaneous facts

73% of households in the Western Cape can get to a hospital within 30 minutes, using their usual mode of tranport. For Gauteng the proportion is 52%. (For South Africa as a whole, it is 42%) (GHS 2006)

This week’s theme: Time and distance

25% of people in Greater Johannesburg travel less than 100 kilometres per week. For Durban, the proportion is 52%. (AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Time and distance

Of those who have a portable music player, 27% of them listen to it for 7 hours or more per week. For those over age 50, the proportion is 15%. (AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Time and distance

79% of those who travel more than 5000 km per month have not travelled by air in the last 12 months. (AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Time and distance

There are 13.2 million school goers in South Africa. 3 million of them take longer than 30 minutes to travel to school. (AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Time and distance