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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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
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b6 - Reason for absence (w3_r_absexp)
Data file: HouseholdRoster_W3_Anon_V3.0.0
Overview
Valid:
4501
Invalid:
37813
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
22
loc_end_pos:
23
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 14
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 9 |
0.2%
|
| -8 | Refused | 3 |
0.1%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 30 |
0.7%
|
| 1 | Employment | 810 |
18%
|
| 2 | Looking for employment | 317 |
7%
|
| 3 | Schooling | 449 |
10%
|
| 4 | Student | 216 |
4.8%
|
| 5 | Personal reasons | 119 |
2.6%
|
| 6 | Escape violence or political problems | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Visiting spouse or family | 265 |
5.9%
|
| 8 | Visiting friends | 32 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Living elsewhere | 2082 |
46.3%
|
| 10 | Prison | 31 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Vacation | 47 |
1%
|
| 12 | In hospital or clinic | 57 |
1.3%
|
| 13 | Away on business | 15 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | Other (specify) | 19 |
0.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 37813 |
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.