Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2016, First Quarter
South Africa, 2016
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Reference ID
ZAF_2016_QLFS-Q1_v01_M
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QLFS 2016_01
Worker 1.0
Stata11
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: QLFS 2016_01 Worker 1.0 Stata11
Overview
Valid:
3826
Invalid:
65186
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 | 40 |
1%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 26 |
0.7%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 109 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 18 |
0.5%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 14 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 239 |
6.2%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 21 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 2642 |
69.1%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 231 |
6%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 73 |
1.9%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 157 |
4.1%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 166 |
4.3%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 12 |
0.3%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 74 |
1.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 65186 |
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.