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_3 - Respondent has done ... to search for work or to start a business? - 3 (w1_a_unems3)

Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 116

Invalid: 16756

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 94

Range: -9 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know	0	0%
-8	Refused	0	0%
-5	Not applicable	0	0%
-3	Missing	0	0%
1	Registered at an employment agency	0	0%
2	Enquired at workplaces, farms, factories, or called on other possible employers	0	0%
3	Placed advertisement(s)	11	9.5%
4	Answered advertisements	23	19.8%
5	Searched through job advertisement(s) on the internet	13	11.2%
6	Sought assistance from relatives or friends	31	26.7%
7	Looked for land, building, equipment or applied for permit to start own business or farming	9	7.8%
8	Waited at the side of the road	20	17.2%
9	Sought financial assistance to start a business	4	3.4%
10	Other (specify)	5	4.3%
11	Nothing	0	0%
Sysmiss		16756

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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