South African Social Attitudes Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
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zaf-hsrc-sasas-2008-v1
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Human Sciences Research Council
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Q234 What is your current employment status? (Q234)
Data file: sasas-2008-q1
Overview
Valid:
3288
Invalid:
33
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
1165
loc_end_pos:
1166
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employed full time | 990 |
30.1%
|
| 2 | Employed part time | 214 |
6.5%
|
| 3 | Employed less than part time -casual work or piece work | 33 |
1%
|
| 4 | Temporarily sick | 19 |
0.6%
|
| 5 | Unemployed, not looking for work | 170 |
5.2%
|
| 6 | Unemployed, looking for work | 764 |
23.2%
|
| 7 | Pensioner -aged or retired | 392 |
11.9%
|
| 8 | Permanently sick or disabled | 52 |
1.6%
|
| 9 | Housewife, not working at all, not looking for work | 169 |
5.1%
|
| 10 | Housewife, looking for work | 84 |
2.6%
|
| 11 | Student or learner | 374 |
11.4%
|
| 12 | Other | 27 |
0.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 33 |
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.