National Income Dynamics Study 2008
Wave 1

South Africa, 2008

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zaf-saldru-nids-2008-v7.0.0

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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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National Income Dynamics Study African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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b14 - Reason for absence (w1_r_absexp)

Data file: HouseholdRoster_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 5100

Invalid: 26044

Type: Discrete

Width: 37

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
-9	Don't know
-3	Missing
1	Employment
2	Looking for employment
3	Schooling
4	Student
5	Personal reasons
6	Escape violence or political problems
7	Visiting spouse or family
8	Visiting friends
9	Living elsewhere
10	Prison
11	Vacation
12	In hospital or clinic
13	Away on business
15	Other
Sysmiss

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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