Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000
South Africa, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
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:
5803
Invalid:
4977
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
383
loc_end_pos:
384
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in school or training | 860 |
14.8%
|
| 2 | homemaker, pregnant | 1596 |
27.5%
|
| 3 | retired or pensioner | 1234 |
21.3%
|
| 4 | illness or disability | 390 |
6.7%
|
| 5 | too old | 121 |
2.1%
|
| 6 | waiting for job to start | 421 |
7.3%
|
| 7 | seasonal worker | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | contract worker | 18 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | cannot find suitable work | 799 |
13.8%
|
| 10 | lacks skills or qualifications | 319 |
5.5%
|
| 11 | does not want, need to work | 37 |
0.6%
|
| 12 | other reason | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | social work | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | no answer | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 4977 |
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.