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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Data file: Mesebetsi LFS1999-2000 RSI_v1
Overview
Valid:
4774
Invalid:
6006
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
169
loc_end_pos:
170
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | through family | 1138 |
23.8%
|
| 2 | through friends or relatives | 1419 |
29.7%
|
| 3 | established own shop or enterprise | 543 |
11.4%
|
| 4 | waited | 121 |
2.5%
|
| 5 | enquired at workplaces | 726 |
15.2%
|
| 6 | placed or answered advertisements | 425 |
8.9%
|
| 7 | placed by temporary employment agency | 30 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | through government or ngo | 88 |
1.8%
|
| 9 | waiting at the street-side | 90 |
1.9%
|
| 10 | was approached by the employer | 180 |
3.8%
|
| 11 | other | 14 |
0.3%
|
| 99 | no answer | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 6006 |
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.