South African Social Attitudes Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
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zaf-hsrc-sasas-2008-v1
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Q166 If you are married or have a partner, what is his/her employment status? (q166)
Data file: sasas-2008-q2
Overview
Valid:
3120
Invalid:
172
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
898
loc_end_pos:
899
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Not applicable – no spouse, no partner | 1515 |
48.6%
|
| 1 | Employed full time | 788 |
25.3%
|
| 2 | Employed part time | 112 |
3.6%
|
| 3 | Employed less than part time - casual work or piecework | 16 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | Temporarily sick | 9 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Unemployed, not looking for work | 48 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | Unemployed, looking for work | 188 |
6%
|
| 7 | Pensioner - aged or retired | 208 |
6.7%
|
| 8 | Permanently sick or disabled | 21 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Housewife, not working at all, not looking for work | 110 |
3.5%
|
| 10 | Housewife, looking for work | 32 |
1%
|
| 11 | Student or learner | 44 |
1.4%
|
| 12 | Other | 29 |
0.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 172 |
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.