General Household Survey 2012

South Africa, 2012

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Motivation to start a business (Q27bMOTVT)

Data file: zaf-statssa-ghs-2012-person-v2.1

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Valid: 998

Invalid: -

Type: Discrete

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
1	Lost his/her job
2	Could not find a job/unemployed
3	Saw an opportunity
4	Interested in a particular product or service
5	Wanted to - makes him/her happy/ interested in it/use their skills
6	To be their own boss/to have their own business
7	To make more money
8	Took over from the previous owner/ manager
9	Inherited the business
10	Family expected him/her to
11	Other
88	Not applicable
99	Unspecified

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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Motivation to start a business

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Motivation to start a business

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