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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e83 - Main reason for unavailability for employment in last 4 weeks (w2_a_noemex)
Data file: Adult_W2_Anon_V4.0.0
Overview
Valid:
10106
Invalid:
11768
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1341
End:
1342
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 92 |
0.9%
|
| -8 | Refused | 115 |
1.1%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 302 |
3%
|
| 1 | I am too old | 2518 |
24.9%
|
| 2 | I am a full-time student/learner | 3028 |
30%
|
| 3 | I am sick/disabled | 920 |
9.1%
|
| 4 | I do not like the available jobs and would rather not work | 273 |
2.7%
|
| 5 | I do not like working | 163 |
1.6%
|
| 6 | I do domestic duties and look after children and or elderly/disabled family members | 506 |
5%
|
| 7 | I look after children | 778 |
7.7%
|
| 8 | It costs too much to look for work | 815 |
8.1%
|
| 9 | The wages are too low, it is not worth my time working | 96 |
0.9%
|
| 10 | I spend my time cooking and cleaning, shopping etc. | 155 |
1.5%
|
| 11 | Other (specify) | 148 |
1.5%
|
| 12 | Pregnant | 27 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Still looking for work | 170 |
1.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 11768 |
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.