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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e88 - Main reason behind cessation in job search (w2_a_noemsrex)
Data file: Adult_W2_Anon_V4.0.0
Overview
Valid:
1185
Invalid:
20689
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1456
End:
1457
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 45 |
3.8%
|
| -8 | Refused | 24 |
2%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 124 |
10.5%
|
| 1 | I became discouraged (I did not think I would ever find a job / Job search was pointless / There are no jobs to be had / It was a waste of time) | 334 |
28.2%
|
| 2 | I got pregnant/ had a child | 59 |
5%
|
| 3 | I had family responsibilities that prevented me from looking for a job | 54 |
4.6%
|
| 4 | I got married | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | I could not afford the costs of looking for work | 246 |
20.8%
|
| 6 | I decided to go back to school/study further | 19 |
1.6%
|
| 7 | I became disabled | 16 |
1.4%
|
| 8 | I decided I was too old to work anymore | 13 |
1.1%
|
| 9 | The wages were too low | 39 |
3.3%
|
| 10 | I chose not to look for work | 27 |
2.3%
|
| 11 | I do not have ID documents | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | Other (specify) | 174 |
14.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 20689 |
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.