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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c1 - Current activities (w5_p_emactcur)
Data file: proxy_w5_anon_v1.0.0
Overview
Valid:
983
Invalid:
16
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
433
loc_end_pos:
434
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 3 |
0.3%
|
| -8 | Refused | 1 |
0.1%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1 | Working for pay | 313 |
31.8%
|
| 2 | Self-employed | 47 |
4.8%
|
| 3 | Working on own plot or looking after livestock | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Helping another family member with their business, without pay | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Full-time scholar or student at school, university, college or another educational institution | 185 |
18.8%
|
| 6 | Homemaker (looking after children/others/home) | 11 |
1.1%
|
| 7 | Long term sick or disabled | 142 |
14.4%
|
| 8 | Retired | 66 |
6.7%
|
| 9 | Unemployed and actively searching for a job in the last four weeks | 82 |
8.3%
|
| 10 | Unemployed but not actively searching for a job in the last four weeks. | 101 |
10.3%
|
| 11 | Other (specify) | 28 |
2.8%
|
| 12 | Unpaid intern for non-family business | 1 |
0.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 16 |
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.