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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e76 - Main reason for unavailability for employment in last 4 weeks? (w1_a_noemex)

Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 6790

Invalid: 10082

Type: Discrete

Width: 86

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
-9	Don't know
-8	Refused
-5	Not applicable
-3	Missing
1	I am too old
2	I am a full-time student/learner
3	I am sick/disabled
4	I do not like the available jobs and would rather not work
5	I do not like working
6	I do domestic duties and look after children and or elderly/disabled family members
7	I look after children
8	It costs too much to look for work
9	The wages are too low, it is not worth my time working
10	I spend my time cooking and cleaning, shopping etc.
11	Other (specify)
12	Pregnant
13	Still looking for work
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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