General Household Survey 2002
South Africa, 2002
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Reference ID
ZAF_2002_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Why not work (q210ynot)
Data file: GHS 2002 Worker_v1
Overview
Valid:
69509
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
49
End:
50
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
2.10 Why did …… not work during the past seven days?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Has found a job, but is only starting at a definite date in the future | 180 |
0.3%
|
| 2 | Lack of skills or qualifications for available jobs | 9217 |
13.3%
|
| 3 | Scholar or student and prefers not to work | 11510 |
16.6%
|
| 4 | Housewife/homemaker and prefers not to work | 3083 |
4.4%
|
| 5 | Retired and prefers not to seek formal work | 1101 |
1.6%
|
| 6 | Illness, invalid, disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 2909 |
4.2%
|
| 7 | Too young or too old to work | 6929 |
10%
|
| 8 | Seasonal worker, e.g. fruit picker, wool-shearer | 230 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | Cannot find suitable work (salary, location of work or conditions not satisfactory) | 6315 |
9.1%
|
| 10 | Contract worker, e.g. mine worker resting according to contract | 80 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Recently retrenched | 511 |
0.7%
|
| 12 | Other reason | 1999 |
2.9%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 24992 |
36%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 453 |
0.7%
|
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.