National Income Dynamics Study 2008, Wave 1 Secure Data
South Africa, 2008
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zaf-saldru-nidssd-2008-v7.0.0
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
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b14 - Reason for absence (w1_r_absexp)
Data file: HouseholdRoster_W1_Secure_V7.0.0
Overview
Valid:
5100
Invalid:
26044
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
80
loc_end_pos:
81
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 4 |
0.1%
|
| -3 | Missing | 1778 |
34.9%
|
| 1 | Employment | 1295 |
25.4%
|
| 2 | Looking for employment | 327 |
6.4%
|
| 3 | Schooling | 375 |
7.4%
|
| 4 | Student | 145 |
2.8%
|
| 5 | Personal reasons | 107 |
2.1%
|
| 6 | Escape violence or political problems | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | Visiting spouse or family | 239 |
4.7%
|
| 8 | Visiting friends | 27 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Living elsewhere | 654 |
12.8%
|
| 10 | Prison | 29 |
0.6%
|
| 11 | Vacation | 40 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | In hospital or clinic | 34 |
0.7%
|
| 13 | Away on business | 26 |
0.5%
|
| 15 | Other | 16 |
0.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 26044 |
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.