National Income Dynamics Study 2014-2015, Wave 4
South Africa, 2014 - 2015
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zaf-saldru-nids-2014-2015-v2.0.0
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
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May 17, 2016
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b6 - Reason for absence (w4_r_absexp)
Data file: HouseholdRoster_W4_Anon_V2.0.0
Overview
Valid:
6519
Invalid:
43013
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
22
loc_end_pos:
23
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 14
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 1205 |
18.5%
|
| -8 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 23 |
0.4%
|
| 1 | Employment | 967 |
14.8%
|
| 2 | Looking for employment | 305 |
4.7%
|
| 3 | Schooling | 402 |
6.2%
|
| 4 | Student | 185 |
2.8%
|
| 5 | Personal reasons | 97 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | Escape violence or political problems | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Visiting spouse or family | 312 |
4.8%
|
| 8 | Visiting friends | 61 |
0.9%
|
| 9 | Living elsewhere | 2839 |
43.5%
|
| 10 | Prison | 52 |
0.8%
|
| 11 | Vacation | 21 |
0.3%
|
| 12 | In hospital or clinic | 31 |
0.5%
|
| 13 | Away on business | 13 |
0.2%
|
| 14 | Other (specify) | 6 |
0.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 43013 |
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.