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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Start work or a business (Q46dAccJob)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 225

End: 225

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

If a suitable job had been offered or circumstances had allowed, would..... have been able to start work or a business in the last week?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	11132	15%
2	No	683	0.9%
3	Don't know	26	0%
8	Not applicable	40232	54%
9	Unspecified	22376	30.1%

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 asks each individual in the household whether they did voluntary work, i.e. without being paid, in any kind of business, big or small. If currently not working or running his/her own business, is he/she willing and or able to work? Note that all kinds of business activities, even if they were done for only one hour, have to be included.
The reference period is the last calendar week.

Description

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This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are 15 years and older and not economically active.

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