General Household Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
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Reference ID
ZAF_2008_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Reason for not working (q213ynot)
Data file: GHS 2008 Worker_v1
Overview
Valid:
64925
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
79
End:
80
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
2.13 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 | 189 |
0.3%
|
| 2 | Scholar or student and prefers not to work | 10806 |
16.6%
|
| 3 | Housewife/homemaker and prefers not to work | 2374 |
3.7%
|
| 4 | Retired and prefers not to seek formal work | 737 |
1.1%
|
| 5 | Illness, invalid, disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 3502 |
5.4%
|
| 6 | Too young or too old to work | 7478 |
11.5%
|
| 7 | Seasonal worker, e.g. fruit picker, wool-shearer | 140 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Lack of skills or qualifications for available jobs | 1391 |
2.1%
|
| 9 | Cannot find any work | 13691 |
21.1%
|
| 10 | Cannot find suitable work (salary, location of work or conditions not satisfactory) | 452 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Contract worker, e.g. mine worker resting according to contract | 78 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Recently retrenched | 266 |
0.4%
|
| 13 | Other reason | 696 |
1.1%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 4325 |
6.7%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 18800 |
29%
|
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.