National Income Dynamics Study 2008
Wave 1
South Africa, 2008
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e76_o - Other reason for unavailability for employment in last 4 weeks (w1_a_noemex_o)
Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V7.0.0
Overview
Valid:
192
Invalid:
-
Type:
Discrete
Width:
50
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| -3 | |
| About to move to jhburg | |
| Because i haven't find my post yet | |
| CANT FIND JOB | |
| Can't find a Job | |
| Can't find a job | |
| Can't find employment | |
| Can1t find a job | |
| Cant afford to stay at school | |
| Cant find job | |
| Cant find one for my self | |
| Cares for elderly lady (invalid) and gets some (mi | |
| Changed Residence | |
| Chose not to go to school | |
| Could not afford to stay at school | |
| Couldn't find the job | |
| Did not go to school doesn't have uniform | |
| Do not get a job | |
| Do not get ajob | |
| Do not need to | |
| Document still waiting to identify document | |
| Doing voluntary jobs at X | |
| Don't Know | |
| Don't find the job | |
| Don't have ID | |
| Don't have time | |
| Don't need to | |
| Don't need to work | |
| Don`t have I.D | |
| Dont Find Jobs | |
| Dont get jobs | |
| Dont need to work | |
| Failed matric | |
| Family husband never wanted her to work | |
| Finish school | |
| Get disability grant | |
| Getting ready for marriage | |
| Going back to school | |
| Going to start studying next year | |
| Has to get a job | |
| He Wants to Further his Studies by going To varsit | |
| He wants to continue with his studies as soonas he | |
| He was just stay | |
| Her husband can't allow her to work. | |
| His wife support him | |
| Husband dnt want her to work | |
| Husband doesn`t want her to work | |
| Husband wants me at home | |
| I Can't find the Job | |
| I GAVE UP LONG AGO | |
| I am starting work tomorrow | |
| I can't find a job | |
| I could not find a job | |
| I did not got to school and i wont get employed | |
| I do voluntary work for the community | |
| I don't have an identity document | |
| I dont get a job | |
| I dont have money to go to school. I don't want | |
| I havent thought of finding a job | |
| I married | |
| I need money to continue with my schooling. | |
| I never went to school. It is not easy to get a jo | |
| I never went to school.It is not easy to get a job | |
| I want to continue my studies | |
| I want to continue with my studies | |
| I want to finish matric | |
| I want to go back to school | |
| I want to go to school | |
| I want to study further | |
| I was still employed | |
| I was tired | |
| I`m moving houses at the moment | |
| Ican't find work | |
| Just left my previous job last month | |
| Lack of jobs | |
| Learnership | |
| Left the country | |
| Looking for School | |
| Looking for learnerships | |
| Losing hope | |
| Medical border off | |
| My husband does'nt allow me | |
| Need not have to work. | |
| No 10b opportunities | |
| No ID document | |
| No Job oppertunity | |
| No Work available | |
| No identity document | |
| No job available | |
| No jobs | |
| No jobs available | |
| No jobs. | |
| No need to work | |
| No work available here | |
| Not allowed to work | |
| Not allowed to work by family | |
| Not find a job | |
| Nothing for working | |
| Parents don't want her to work | |
| Part time Leaner | |
| Part time student | |
| Part-time student | |
| Partime Student | |
| People I normally work for went away on holiday | |
| Personal | |
| Planning to go back to school this month | |
| Private catering school | |
| Problems | |
| Promised by someone | |
| Religion | |
| Retrenched | |
| Reverend | |
| She don't have money for school fees | |
| She's part time student | |
| Still waiting for her identity document | |
| Still want to go back to school | |
| Still writing pre-exams for last year matric | |
| Taking a break | |
| Taking a year gap before going to study | |
| Temporary work - stopped | |
| The are no jobs that available at the moment | |
| The business closed down | |
| The town is very small and it is difficult to get | |
| There are no jobs | |
| There are no jobs at the moment | |
| There are no jobs at the moment. | |
| There are no jobs available around here or nearby. | |
| There is no job | |
| There is no job. | |
| They say Im to young | |
| Waiting for season work | |
| Waiting for specific work | |
| Waiting the season work | |
| Waiting to back to school as soon as funds allow | |
| Want to go to Technical College | |
| Who is going to look after my house | |
| Would like to go back to school and get my matric | |
| can no find the job | |
| cant afford to go to school mother is dead dont at | |
| cant find job | |
| did not find any job | |
| do not have the money for school fund | |
| don't find work | |
| im doing volunteer work | |
| im looking for work | |
| no comment | |
| no job avilable | |
| no job opportunities | |
| no jobs | |
| not yet found job | |
| on the farm arent any work at the moment | |
| scared of outside world | |
| season closed | |
| she dont have money for the school fees | |
| she suppose to be at school but due to money short | |
| she wants to go to school | |
| simply enjoy not working outside of my house. enjo | |
| someone promised me | |
| specify | |
| suspended from school | |
| there are no jobs | |
| to cont. with study | |
| to far from nearest town (school) travelling cost | |
| want to further my studies | |
| was still busy at previous job | |
| work is very scare |
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.