Measuring Living Standards within Cities, Durban 2015
South Africa, 2015
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Reference ID
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
Reasons for not working (HHH) (rsnnwk)
Data file: lsms_household
Overview
Valid:
659
Invalid:
802
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1462
End:
1464
Width:
3
Range:
-96 - 18
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -96 | Others | 5 |
0.8%
|
| 1 | Awaiting the season for work | 5 |
0.8%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 11 |
1.7%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 66 |
10%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 14 |
2.1%
|
| 6 | Planning to start a business | 3 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Housewife/homemaker (family considerations/child care) | 26 |
3.9%
|
| 8 | Undergoing training to help find a job | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | No job available in the area | 180 |
27.3%
|
| 10 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 25 |
3.8%
|
| 12 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 16 |
2.4%
|
| 13 | No transport available | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 14 | Scholar or student | 26 |
3.9%
|
| 15 | Retired | 55 |
8.3%
|
| 16 | Too old/young to work | 213 |
32.3%
|
| 17 | Did not want to work | 8 |
1.2%
|
| 18 | Caring for others (i.e. caregiver) | 2 |
0.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 802 |
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.