Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000
South Africa, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
zaf-fafo-mlfs-1999-2000-v1
Producer(s)
Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo), South African Department of Labour
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Feb 11, 2013
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Data file: Mesebetsi LFS1999-2000 Hhold_v1
Overview
Valid:
18906
Invalid:
31461
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
128
loc_end_pos:
129
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in school or training | 5514 |
29.2%
|
| 2 | homemaker, pregnant | 3936 |
20.8%
|
| 3 | retired or pensioner | 3024 |
16%
|
| 4 | illness or disability | 1079 |
5.7%
|
| 5 | too old | 410 |
2.2%
|
| 6 | waiting for job to start | 1268 |
6.7%
|
| 7 | seasonal worker | 30 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | contract worker | 55 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | cannot find suitable work | 2304 |
12.2%
|
| 10 | lacks skills or qualifications | 1116 |
5.9%
|
| 11 | does not want, need to work | 150 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | other reason | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | social work | 1 |
0%
|
| 99 | no answer | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 31461 |
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.