Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2017, Quarter 1
South Africa, 2017
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ZAF_2017_QLFS-Q1_v01_M
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Aug 11, 2017
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QLFS 2017_1
Worker 1.0
Stata11
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: QLFS 2017_1 Worker 1.0 Stata11
Overview
Valid:
3790
Invalid:
65563
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
16
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
60
End:
61
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaiting the seasonal work | 37 |
1%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 29 |
0.8%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 144 |
3.8%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 22 |
0.6%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 25 |
0.7%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 295 |
7.8%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 25 |
0.7%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 2472 |
65.2%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 224 |
5.9%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 78 |
2.1%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 187 |
4.9%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 137 |
3.6%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 25 |
0.7%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 83 |
2.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 65563 |
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.