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Early Childhood Development: Government Resources: Library Guide: Statistics

A guide for Social Development students.

Survey database

Thrive by Five. "The 2021 Thrive by Five Index, released in April 2022, is the largest survey of preschool child development ever undertaken in South Africa. It is the first in a series that will be repeated every three years to monitor whether children attending Early Learning Programmes (ELPs) are developmentally on track for their age."... "The Thrive by Five Index is a collaborative effort between the private, public, and non-profit sectors."

Statistics

Statistics South Africa. Education Series Volume IV, Early Childhood Development in South Africa, 2016. Pretoria : Statistics South Africa, 2018 (Report No. 92-01-04) Shelf no. G 68 A.EDUC.18.EDUC

Department of Basic Education. EMIS. Statistical publications.

Department of Basic Education. General household survey (GHS) 2013 report : focus on schooling. Pretoria : Department of Basic Education, 2014.

Department of Basic Education. General household survey (GHS) 2012 report : focus on schooling. Pretoria : Department of Basic Education, 2013

Department of Basic Education. General household survey (GHS) 2011 : focus on schooling. Pretoria : Department of Basic Education, 2012.

G 68 A.EDUC.12.GENE   South Africa. Dept. of Basic Education.    General household survey (GHS) 2010 :   focus on schooling.    Pretoria :   Department of Basic Education,   2012.

UNICEF South Africa. 2007. Young Lives: statistical data on the status of children aged 0 to 4 in South Africa

G 68 A.HOUS.GENE   Statistics South Africa. General household survey (annual).

 

ECD Census

South Africa. Department of Basic Education. ECD Census 2021: Report. Pretoria: Department of Basic Education, 2022? Dataset.

South Africa. Department of Basic Education. ECD Census 2021: Summary of Key Results. Pretoria: Department of Basic Education, May 2022.