South African Social Attitudes Survey 2012
South Africa, 2012
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zaf-hsrc-sasas-2012-v1
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Human Sciences Research Council
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Q208 What is your current employment status? (Which of the following best descr (Q208)
Data file: sasas-2012-q2
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
118
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
1038
loc_end_pos:
1039
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employed full time | 629 |
26.2%
|
| 2 | Employed part time | 141 |
5.9%
|
| 3 | Employed less than part time (casual work/piecework) | 40 |
1.7%
|
| 4 | Temporarily sick | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Unemployed, not looking for work | 156 |
6.5%
|
| 6 | Unemployed, looking for work | 599 |
25%
|
| 7 | Pensioner (aged/retired) | 363 |
15.1%
|
| 8 | Permanently sick or disabled | 50 |
2.1%
|
| 9 | Housewife, not working at all, not looking for work | 94 |
3.9%
|
| 10 | Housewife, looking for work | 35 |
1.5%
|
| 11 | Student/learner | 222 |
9.3%
|
| 12 | Other (specify) | 64 |
2.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 118 |
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.