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South African Census 1980

South Africa, 1980
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zaf-dos-census-1980-v1.3
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Department of Statistics (now Statistics South Africa)
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Jobseekers:purposefully looked for job (WKLOOKED)

Data file: SA Census 1980_Bophuthatswana_v1_2

Overview

Valid: 1512002
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
loc_start_pos: 107
loc_end_pos: 110
Width: 4
Range: 0 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Only persons not working but seeking work
Literal question
19. If not, did he/she purposefully SEEK work?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 1456594
96.3%
1 Yes 36471
2.4%
2 No 18937
1.3%
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.

Description

Definition
This variable records whether the individual household member purposefully sought work.
Universe
Only persons not working but seeking work
Source of information
Household member
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