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Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2014, Fourth Quarter

South Africa, 2014
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ZAF_2014_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Sep 28, 2016
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  • QLFS 2014_4
    Worker v1.0

Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)

Data file: QLFS 2014_4 Worker v1.0

Overview

Valid: 4965
Invalid: 79309
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 56
End: 57
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 16
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Awaiting the seasonal work 20
0.4%
2 Waiting to be recalled to former job 41
0.8%
3 Health reasons 177
3.6%
4 Pregnancy 16
0.3%
5 Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) 22
0.4%
6 Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) 362
7.3%
7 Undergoing training to help find work 34
0.7%
8 No jobs available in the area 3402
68.5%
9 Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work 277
5.6%
10 Unable to find work requiring his/her skills 74
1.5%
11 Lost hope of finding any kind of work 163
3.3%
12 No transport available 4
0.1%
13 Scholar or student 275
5.5%
14 Retired/ too old to work 24
0.5%
15 Too young to work 5
0.1%
16 Other reason 69
1.4%
Sysmiss 79309
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.
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