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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Q165 What is your current employment status? (q165)
Data file: sasas-2008-q2
Overview
Valid:
3283
Invalid:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
868
loc_end_pos:
869
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employed full time | 1003 |
30.6%
|
| 2 | Employed part time | 204 |
6.2%
|
| 3 | Employed less than part time - casual work or piecework | 37 |
1.1%
|
| 4 | Temporarily sick | 25 |
0.8%
|
| 5 | Unemployed, not looking for work | 154 |
4.7%
|
| 6 | Unemployed, looking for work | 696 |
21.2%
|
| 7 | Pensioner - aged or retired | 442 |
13.5%
|
| 8 | Permanently sick or disabled | 49 |
1.5%
|
| 9 | Housewife, not working at all, not looking for work | 199 |
6.1%
|
| 10 | Housewife, looking for work | 92 |
2.8%
|
| 11 | Student or learner | 331 |
10.1%
|
| 12 | Other | 51 |
1.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 9 |
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.