National Income Dynamics Study 2017, Wave 5 Secure Data
South Africa, 2017
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zaf-saldru-nidssd-2017-v1.0.0
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
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Aug 28, 2018
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eg15 - Main reason for unavailability for employment in last 4 weeks (w5_a_noemex)
Data file: adult_w5_secure_v1.0.0
Overview
Valid:
11770
Invalid:
18340
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
2355
loc_end_pos:
2356
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 24 |
0.2%
|
| -8 | Refused | 16 |
0.1%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 1 |
0%
|
| 1 | I am too old | 3156 |
26.8%
|
| 2 | I am a full-time student/learner | 3801 |
32.3%
|
| 3 | I am sick/disabled | 756 |
6.4%
|
| 4 | I do not like the available jobs and would rather not work | 139 |
1.2%
|
| 5 | I do not like working | 157 |
1.3%
|
| 6 | I do domestic duties and look after children and or elderly/disabled family members | 659 |
5.6%
|
| 7 | I look after children | 800 |
6.8%
|
| 8 | It costs too much to look for work | 379 |
3.2%
|
| 9 | The wages are too low, it is not worth my time working | 62 |
0.5%
|
| 10 | I spend my time cooking and cleaning, shopping etc. | 228 |
1.9%
|
| 11 | Other (specify) | 230 |
2%
|
| 12 | Pregnant | 135 |
1.1%
|
| 13 | Still looking for work | 1227 |
10.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 18340 |
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.