National Income Dynamics Study 2012, Wave 3
South Africa, 2012
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zaf-saldru-nids-2012-v3.0.0
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e1 - Which one of the following best describes what you were doing one year ago? (w3_a_emact1yrago)
Data file: Adult_W3_Anon_V3.0.0
Overview
Valid:
18689
Invalid:
3768
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
643
loc_end_pos:
644
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 6 |
0%
|
| -8 | Refused | 4 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 2 |
0%
|
| 1 | Working for pay | 4840 |
25.9%
|
| 2 | Self-employed | 471 |
2.5%
|
| 3 | Working on own plot or looking after livestock | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Helping another family member with their business, without pay | 34 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | Full-time scholar or student at school, university, college or another educational institution | 3349 |
17.9%
|
| 6 | Homemaker (looking after children / others / home) | 1063 |
5.7%
|
| 7 | Long term sick or disabled | 567 |
3%
|
| 8 | Retired | 1362 |
7.3%
|
| 9 | Unemployed and actively searching for a job | 3681 |
19.7%
|
| 10 | Unemployed but not actively searching for a job | 3289 |
17.6%
|
| 11 | Other | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 3768 |
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.