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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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
Questions and instructions
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.