General Household Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
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Reference ID
ZAF_2008_GHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
Metadata
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Jan 27, 2012
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Data file: GHS 2008 Worker_v1
Overview
Valid:
64925
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
52
End:
53
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
2.4 What was the main reason ...... was absent from this activity in the last seven days?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Own illness or injury | 36 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | Caring for family or others (except maternity/paternity leave) | 6 |
0%
|
| 3 | Maternity or paternity leave | 22 |
0%
|
| 4 | Other family/community obligations (funerals, meetings) | 11 |
0%
|
| 5 | Strikes/stay-away/lockout | 3 |
0%
|
| 6 | Problems with transport | 2 |
0%
|
| 7 | Bad weather | 9 |
0%
|
| 8 | Vacation, leave | 43 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Study or training leave | 3 |
0%
|
| 10 | Unrest (violence) | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/reduction in economic activity | 19 |
0%
|
| 12 | Other | 23 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 64630 |
99.5%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 118 |
0.2%
|
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.