National Income Dynamics Study 2008
Wave 1

South Africa, 2008

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zaf-saldru-nids-2008-v7.0.0

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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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National Income Dynamics Study African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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e65 - Reason behind cessation of last work related activity (w1_a_unemex)

Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 1045

Invalid: 15827

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 60

Range: -9 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know	0	0%
-8	Refused	1	0.1%
-5	Not applicable	0	0%
-3	Missing	66	6.3%
1	Health reasons	127	12.2%
2	Caring for own children/relatives	32	3.1%
3	Pregnancy	71	6.8%
4	Other family/ community responsibilities	15	1.4%
5	Going to school	39	3.7%
6	Lost job/ job ended/ laid off/ business sold/ closed down	457	43.7%
7	Changed residence	32	3.1%
9	Dissatisfied with the job	120	11.5%
10	Retired	38	3.6%
11	Other (specify)	47	4.5%
Sysmiss		15827

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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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1