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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b6 - Reason for absence (w5_r_absexp)
Data file: householdroster_w5_anon_v1.0.0
Overview
Valid:
101
Invalid:
898
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 | 3 |
3%
|
| -8 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 6 |
5.9%
|
| 1 | Employment | 13 |
12.9%
|
| 2 | Looking for employment | 2 |
2%
|
| 3 | Schooling | 6 |
5.9%
|
| 4 | Student | 4 |
4%
|
| 5 | Personal reasons | 2 |
2%
|
| 6 | Escape violence or political problems | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Visiting spouse or family | 4 |
4%
|
| 8 | Visiting friends | 1 |
1%
|
| 9 | Living elsewhere | 55 |
54.5%
|
| 10 | Prison | 1 |
1%
|
| 11 | Vacation | 2 |
2%
|
| 12 | In hospital or clinic | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Away on business | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Other (specify) | 2 |
2%
|
| Sysmiss | 898 |
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.