Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2019, Quarter 2
South Africa, 2019
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- qlfs-2019-q2-worker-v1.0
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2019-q2-worker-v1.0
Overview
Valid:
337
Invalid:
9662
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 | 18 |
5.3%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 10 |
3%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 21 |
6.2%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 7 |
2.1%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 34 |
10.1%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 3 |
0.9%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 166 |
49.3%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 27 |
8%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 3 |
0.9%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 25 |
7.4%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 5 |
1.5%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 2 |
0.6%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 14 |
4.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 9662 |
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.