National Income Dynamics Study 2017, Wave 5
South Africa, 2017
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zaf-saldru-nids-2017-v1.0.0
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
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eg15 - Main reason for unavailability for employment in last 4 weeks (w5_a_noemex)
Data file: adult_w5_anon_v1.0.0
Overview
Valid:
387
Invalid:
612
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
1290
loc_end_pos:
1291
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 0 |
0%
|
| -8 | Refused | 1 |
0.3%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | I am too old | 83 |
21.4%
|
| 2 | I am a full-time student/learner | 151 |
39%
|
| 3 | I am sick/disabled | 26 |
6.7%
|
| 4 | I do not like the available jobs and would rather not work | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | I do not like working | 7 |
1.8%
|
| 6 | I do domestic duties and look after children and or elderly/disabled family members | 15 |
3.9%
|
| 7 | I look after children | 32 |
8.3%
|
| 8 | It costs too much to look for work | 9 |
2.3%
|
| 9 | The wages are too low, it is not worth my time working | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 10 | I spend my time cooking and cleaning, shopping etc. | 6 |
1.6%
|
| 11 | Other (specify) | 11 |
2.8%
|
| 12 | Pregnant | 6 |
1.6%
|
| 13 | Still looking for work | 38 |
9.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 612 |
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.