Survey of Employers and Self-Employed 2023

South Africa, 2023

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zaf-statssa-sese-2023-v1

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https://doi.org/10.25828/0nrs-fs10

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Sep 01, 2026

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Data file: sese-2023-v1

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Valid: 1583

var_freq: 729

Type: Discrete

Width: 10

Format: character

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Inherited/family tradition
2	Unemployed
3	Had no alternative income source
4	Retrenched
5	Inadequate income from the other source
6	I like the activity
7	I have the skills for this business
8	I have equipment for this business
9	Activity brings high income
10	Small investment needed
11	Unhappiness with previous work
12	New opportunity/ Idea
13	Other
14	To survive/make ends meet/provide for my family
15	I want to be my own boss or create employment for other people
16	I want to earn money while I searched for a job

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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