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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Return to work or business (Q41dret)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 204

End: 204

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the last week even though ........ did not do any work for pay or profit, does ........ have a job or business that he/she would definitely return to?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	347	0.5%
2	No	29400	39.5%
8	Not applicable	22530	30.3%
9	Unspecified	22172	29.8%

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

This question is aimed at determining whether an individual who did not work or run a business during the past calendar week have a job or business that they will definitely return to.
Note that the reference period is the last calendar week. If the answer is 'No' or 'Do not know', there is a skip instruction to Q4.7a.

Question post text

1 = Yes
2 = No - Go to Q4.6a

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are 15 years and older and answered 'Yes' in any of Q4.1a, Q4.1b or Q4.1c.

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