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General Household Survey 2005

South Africa, 2005
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ZAF_2005_GHS_v02_M
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Statistics South Africa
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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Data file: GHS 2005 Worker_v1

The GHS 2005 Worker_v1.2_20110811 data file contains data on main work activities of individuals (all persons 15 years or above who were working or absent from work seven days prior to the survey date), obtained from Section 2 of the survey questionnaire.

Cases: 72640
Variables: 61

Variables

uqnr
Unique household identifier
personnr
Person number within the household
psu
Primary Sampling Unit (PSU)
prov
Province
gender
Gender
age
Age
age_grp
Age group
race
Population group
q19hiedu
Highest education level
q20selfr
Person responding
q21wrkls
Work for payment
q22aownb
Own business
q22bdome
Domestic work
q22cunpd
Unpaid work
q22dfarm
Farm work
q22econs
Construction or major repair work
q22fctch
Catch fish
q22gbeg
Beg for money or food
q23havew
Have work
q24mainr
Main reason
q26occup
Person's occupation or job title
q28indus
Industry activity
q29salto
Total salary/pay
q210salp
Salary period
q211salc
Income Categories
q212oddj
Odd jobs
q212inhh
Supported by persons in the household
q212noth
Supported by persons not in the household
q212char
Supported by charity, church, welfare, etc
q212uifs
Unemployment Insurance Fund
q212savi
Savings or money previously earned
q212pens
Old age or disability pension
q212othr
Other sources
q213ynot
Reason for not working
q214acce
Accept job
q215whns
Start working
q216look
Look for work
q216bgnb
Start business
q217ever
Ever worked
q218tmga
Time since last worked
q219prog
Participated in job creation
q220anew
Acquired new skills
q220bsus
Got a sustainable job
q220csta
Started own business
q220dfur
Opportunity for further training
q221acon
Construction related
q221bhme
Home based care
q221cchi
Early childhood development
q221dfor
Forestry
q221eagr
Agriculture and animal husbandry
q221fnum
Numeracy/literacy
q221ghiv
HIV/AIDS awareness
q221henv
Environmental awareness
q221icar
Career awareness
q221jbus
Business skills
q221koth
Other
indus
Main industry
occup
Main occupation
status1
Official unemployment definition
status2
Expanded employment status
worker_wgt
Worker weight
Total: 61
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