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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c1 - Current activities (w1_p_emactcur_u)

Data file: Proxy_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 1750

Invalid: -

Type: Discrete

Width: 97

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
-9	Don't know
-3	Missing
1	Working for pay
2	Self-employed
3	Working on own plot or looking after livestock
4	Helping another family member with their business, without pay
5	Full-time scholar or student at school, university, college or another educational institution
6	Homemaker (looking after children / others / home)
7	Long term sick or disabled
8	Retired
9	Unemployed

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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