National Income Dynamics Study 2010-2011
Wave 2
South Africa, 2010 - 2011
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Reference ID
ZAF_2010_NIDS-W2_v06_M
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
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Jan 09, 2013
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e4 - Methods taken to find current job (w2_a_em1inf)
Data file: Adult_W2_Anon_V4.0.0
Overview
Valid:
4017
Invalid:
17857
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
682
End:
683
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 10 |
0.2%
|
| -8 | Refused | 11 |
0.3%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 71 |
1.8%
|
| 1 | Saw an advert in a newspaper or on the internet | 643 |
16%
|
| 2 | Saw an advert on a notice board in a community centre/shopping centre, shop etc | 198 |
4.9%
|
| 3 | A household member told me about the job | 253 |
6.3%
|
| 4 | A friend/relative (in a different household) told me about the job | 1688 |
42%
|
| 5 | I went to a factory and waited for a job | 313 |
7.8%
|
| 6 | I knocked on factory gates and visited private homes and shops until I got the job | 259 |
6.4%
|
| 7 | Through an employment agency | 146 |
3.6%
|
| 8 | I asked someone who had employed me before about a job | 292 |
7.3%
|
| 9 | I waited on the side of the road | 98 |
2.4%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 35 |
0.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 17857 |
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.