Measuring Living Standards within Cities, Durban 2015
South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_DURBAN-LSMS_v01_M
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World Bank
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- Data files
- s1_hhroster
- s3_jobs
- s3_jobs_ISIC
- s4_food7days
- s4_nonfood12months
- s4_nonfood30days
- s5_documents
- s5_want
- s6_assets
- s6_assetsagri
- s6_property
- s8_residhistory
- s10_activities
- lsms_household
- landmark_dist
- residential_history_prepped
- tenure_docs
- tenure_docswide
- rr_s3_jobs
- rr_s3_jobs_ISIC
- rr_s10_activities
Why didn't NAME work in the past 12 months? (s3_rsntwr)
Data file: s1_hhroster
Overview
Valid:
2727
Invalid:
3217
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
266
End:
268
Width:
3
Range:
-96 - 17
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -96 | Other | 47 |
1.7%
|
| 1 | Awaiting the season for work | 48 |
1.8%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 47 |
1.7%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 149 |
5.5%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 21 |
0.8%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 29 |
1.1%
|
| 6 | Planning to start a business | 9 |
0.3%
|
| 7 | Housewife/homemaker (family considerations/child care) | 135 |
5%
|
| 8 | Undergoing training to help find a job | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | No jobs available in the area | 676 |
24.8%
|
| 10 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 8 |
0.3%
|
| 11 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 224 |
8.2%
|
| 12 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 33 |
1.2%
|
| 13 | No transport available | 9 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | Scholar or student | 986 |
36.2%
|
| 15 | Retired | 69 |
2.5%
|
| 16 | Too old/young to work | 195 |
7.2%
|
| 17 | Did not want to work | 38 |
1.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 3217 |
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.