South African Census 2011, 10% Sample
South Africa, 2011
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zaf-statssa-census-2011-v2
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Reasons for not working (P27_REASONSNOTWORKING)
Data file: sa-census-2011-person-v2-20150825
Overview
Valid:
320525
Invalid:
4098069
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 17
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Awaiting the season for work | 34420 |
10.7%
|
| 2 | 2. Waiting to be recalled to former job | 7497 |
2.3%
|
| 3 | 3. Health reasons | 13756 |
4.3%
|
| 4 | 4. Pregnancy | 4096 |
1.3%
|
| 5 | 5. Disabled or unable to work | 4264 |
1.3%
|
| 6 | 6. Housewife/homemaker | 11451 |
3.6%
|
| 7 | 7. Undergoing training to help find work | 2042 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | 8. No jobs available in the area | 145787 |
45.5%
|
| 9 | 9. Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 11114 |
3.5%
|
| 10 | 10. Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 10267 |
3.2%
|
| 11 | 11. Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 6617 |
2.1%
|
| 12 | 12. No transport available | 727 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | 13. Scholar or student | 40131 |
12.5%
|
| 14 | 14. Retired | 6413 |
2%
|
| 15 | 15. Too old/young to work | 15736 |
4.9%
|
| 16 | 16. Did not want to work | 972 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | 17. Other | 5235 |
1.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 4098069 |
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.