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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e71_1 - Respondent has done ... to search for work or to start a business? - 1 (w1_a_unems1)

Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 2858

Invalid: 14014

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 94

Range: -9 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know	0	0%
-8	Refused	0	0%
-5	Not applicable	0	0%
-3	Missing	38	1.3%
1	Registered at an employment agency	236	8.3%
2	Enquired at workplaces, farms, factories, or called on other possible employers	680	23.8%
3	Placed advertisement(s)	133	4.7%
4	Answered advertisements	207	7.2%
5	Searched through job advertisement(s) on the internet	65	2.3%
6	Sought assistance from relatives or friends	353	12.4%
7	Looked for land, building, equipment or applied for permit to start own business or farming	33	1.2%
8	Waited at the side of the road	100	3.5%
9	Sought financial assistance to start a business	5	0.2%
10	Other (specify)	30	1%
11	Nothing	978	34.2%
Sysmiss		14014

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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