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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:worked during past week (WKLAWEEK)

Data file: SA Census 1980_Bophuthatswana_v1_2

Overview

Valid: 1512002
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
loc_start_pos: 103
loc_end_pos: 106
Width: 4
Range: 0 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Only persons not working but seeking work
Literal question
19. Did person WORK during past week?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 1437670
95.1%
1 Yes 22841
1.5%
2 No 51491
3.4%
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 worked during the past week or not.
Universe
Only persons not working but seeking work
Source of information
Household member
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