Population Census 1996

South Africa, 1996

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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Employment status of head of household (hohecona)

Data file: SA Census 1996 Hhold_v01

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Employed
2	Unemployed, looking for work
3	Not working - not looking for work
4	Not working - housewife/home-maker
6	Not working - scholar/full-time student
7	Not working - pensioner/retired person
8	Not working - disabled person
9	Not working - not wishing to work
10	Not working - none of the above
99	Unspecified/Dummy

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.

Description

Definition

This variable reflects the employment status of the head of the enumerated household

Universe

Every household at night between Wednesday 9 October and Thursday 10 October 1996.

Source of information

South African Census 1996 records for persons

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

Derived from census records for persons.

Others

Notes

Some key characteristics of the person recorded as head of household have been copied across to the household file. These are: gender, age, population group, highest education level, employment status and occupation.

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