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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b14 - Reason for absence (w1_r_absexp)

Data file: HouseholdRoster_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 5100

Invalid: 26044

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 37

Range: -9 - 15

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know	4	0.1%
-3	Missing	1778	34.9%
1	Employment	1295	25.4%
2	Looking for employment	327	6.4%
3	Schooling	375	7.4%
4	Student	145	2.8%
5	Personal reasons	107	2.1%
6	Escape violence or political problems	4	0.1%
7	Visiting spouse or family	239	4.7%
8	Visiting friends	27	0.5%
9	Living elsewhere	654	12.8%
10	Prison	29	0.6%
11	Vacation	40	0.8%
12	In hospital or clinic	34	0.7%
13	Away on business	26	0.5%
15	Other	16	0.3%
Sysmiss		26044

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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