Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2018, Quarter 3
South Africa, 2018
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ZAF_2018_QLFS-Q3_v01_M
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Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2018-q3-worker-1.0-stata11
Overview
Valid:
4213
Invalid:
64776
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 | 54 |
1.3%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 35 |
0.8%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 120 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 19 |
0.5%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 18 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 274 |
6.5%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 17 |
0.4%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 2879 |
68.3%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 192 |
4.6%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 72 |
1.7%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 202 |
4.8%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 206 |
4.9%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 25 |
0.6%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 1 |
0%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 99 |
2.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 64776 |
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.