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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e3 - Methods taken to find current job (w1_a_em1inf)

Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 3853

Invalid: 13019

Type: Discrete

Width: 85

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
-9	Don't know
-8	Refused
-5	Not applicable
-3	Missing
1	Saw an advert in a newspaper or on the internet
2	Saw an advert on a notice board in a community centre/shopping centre, shop etc
3	A household member told me about the job
4	A friend/relative (in a different household) told me about the job
5	I went to a factory and waited for a job
6	I knocked on factory gates and visited private homes and shops until I got the job
7	Through an employment agency
8	I asked someone who had employed me before about a job
9	I waited on the side of the road
10	Other (specify)
11	Contacted by employer
Sysmiss

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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