General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Working for a wage, commission or salary (Q41awge)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 201

End: 201

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the last week did … work for a wage, salary, commission or any payment in kind (including paid domestic work), even if it was for only one hour?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	18407	24.7%
2	No	33038	44.4%
8	Not applicable	22530	30.3%
9	Unspecified	474	0.6%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Examples: a regular job, contract, casual or piece work for pay, work in exchange for food or housing, paid domestic work.
This question asks each individual in the household whether they worked for a salary, commission or payment in kind. Note that all work, even if it was done for only one hour, has to be included. The reference period is the last calendar week.

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are 15 years and older.

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