Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2019, Quarter 1
South Africa, 2019
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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2019-q1-v1
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- qlfs-2019-q1-worker-v1
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2019-q1-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
317
Invalid:
9682
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
60
loc_end_pos:
61
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaiting the seasonal work | 15 |
4.7%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 10 |
3.2%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 17 |
5.4%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 5 |
1.6%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 35 |
11%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 4 |
1.3%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 156 |
49.2%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 20 |
6.3%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 8 |
2.5%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 29 |
9.1%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 4 |
1.3%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 5 |
1.6%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 7 |
2.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 9682 |
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.