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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Q253 What is your current employment status? (Q253)
Data file: sasas-2012-q1
Overview
Valid:
2455
Invalid:
65
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
703
loc_end_pos:
704
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employed full time | 631 |
25.7%
|
| 2 | Employed part time | 147 |
6%
|
| 3 | Employed less than part time (casual work/piecework) | 45 |
1.8%
|
| 4 | Temporarily sick | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Unemployed, not looking for work | 116 |
4.7%
|
| 6 | Unemployed, looking for work | 630 |
25.7%
|
| 7 | Pensioner (aged/retired) | 343 |
14%
|
| 8 | Permanently sick or disabled | 39 |
1.6%
|
| 9 | Housewife, not working at all, not looking for work | 110 |
4.5%
|
| 10 | Housewife, looking for work | 56 |
2.3%
|
| 11 | Student/learner | 257 |
10.5%
|
| 12 | Other (specify) ……………………………… | 74 |
3%
|
| Sysmiss | 65 |
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.