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Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2018, Quarter 2

South Africa, 2018
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ZAF_2018_QLFS-Q2_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Sep 06, 2018
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  • QLFS 2018-Q2
    Worker v1.0
    Stata11

Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)

Data file: QLFS 2018-Q2 Worker v1.0 Stata11

Overview

Valid: 4137
Invalid: 64945
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 60
End: 61
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 16
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Awaiting the seasonal work 59
1.4%
2 Waiting to be recalled to former job 33
0.8%
3 Health reasons 119
2.9%
4 Pregnancy 14
0.3%
5 Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) 11
0.3%
6 Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) 220
5.3%
7 Undergoing training to help find work 24
0.6%
8 No jobs available in the area 2946
71.2%
9 Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work 189
4.6%
10 Unable to find work requiring his/her skills 78
1.9%
11 Lost hope of finding any kind of work 226
5.5%
12 No transport available 2
0%
13 Scholar or student 127
3.1%
14 Retired/ too old to work 16
0.4%
15 Too young to work 4
0.1%
16 Other reason 69
1.7%
Sysmiss 64945
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.
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