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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ea1 - Which one of the following best describes what you were doing one year ago (w5_a_emact1yrago)
Data file: adult_w5_secure_v1.0.0
Overview
Valid:
23892
Invalid:
6218
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
949
loc_end_pos:
950
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 2 |
0%
|
| -8 | Refused | 6 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 18 |
0.1%
|
| 1 | Working for pay | 7357 |
30.8%
|
| 2 | Self-employed | 819 |
3.4%
|
| 3 | Working on own plot or looking after livestock | 62 |
0.3%
|
| 4 | Helping another family member with their business, without pay | 43 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | Full-time scholar or student at school, university, college or another educational institution | 4196 |
17.6%
|
| 6 | Homemaker (looking after children/others/home) | 1732 |
7.2%
|
| 7 | Long term sick or disabled | 512 |
2.1%
|
| 8 | Retired | 1904 |
8%
|
| 9 | Unemployed and actively searching for a job | 3969 |
16.6%
|
| 10 | Unemployed but not actively searching for a job | 3028 |
12.7%
|
| 11 | Other (specify) | 218 |
0.9%
|
| 12 | Unpaid intern for non-family business | 26 |
0.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 6218 |
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.