Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000

South Africa, 1999 - 2000

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zaf-fafo-mlfs-1999-2000-v1

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Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo), South African Department of Labour

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obstacles faced in finding work 1 (g8_1)

Data file: Mesebetsi LFS1999-2000 RSI_v1

Overview

Valid: 2736

Invalid: 8044

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 150

loc_end_pos: 150

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
0	no obstacles	176	6.4%
1	difficult to get information	856	31.3%
2	few employment opportunities	1182	43.2%
3	my education dont fit available jobs	261	9.5%
4	dont have personal connections	126	4.6%
5	discrimination due to age	69	2.5%
6	dont have proper working papers	9	0.3%
7	no resources to start my own enterprise	19	0.7%
8	other	38	1.4%
9	no answer	0	0%
Sysmiss		8044

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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