Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2017, Quarter 4
South Africa, 2017
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ZAF_2017_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
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- qlfs-2017-q4-worker-1.0
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2017-q4-worker-1.0
Overview
Valid:
3976
Invalid:
64375
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 | 59 |
1.5%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 41 |
1%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 146 |
3.7%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 20 |
0.5%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 15 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 255 |
6.4%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 19 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 2663 |
67%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 216 |
5.4%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 79 |
2%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 213 |
5.4%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 166 |
4.2%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 13 |
0.3%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 67 |
1.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 64375 |
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.