Labour Force Survey 2000, February
South Africa, 2000
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Reference ID
ZAF_2000_LFS-FEB_v02_M
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Data file: LFS 2000_1 Worker_v1
Overview
Valid:
25760
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Has found a job, but is only starting at a definite date in the future | 86 |
0.3%
|
| 2 | Lack of skills or qualifications for available jobs | 2691 |
10.4%
|
| 3 | Scholar or student, prefers not to work | 4378 |
17%
|
| 4 | Housewife/homemaker, prefers not to work | 969 |
3.8%
|
| 5 | Retired and prefers not to seek formal work | 609 |
2.4%
|
| 6 | Illness, invalid, disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 1048 |
4.1%
|
| 7 | Too young or too old to work | 1579 |
6.1%
|
| 8 | Seasonal worker, e.g. fruit picker, wool-shearer | 60 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Cannot find suitable work (salary, location of work or conditions not satisfactory) | 2609 |
10.1%
|
| 10 | Contract worker, e.g. mine worker resting accordingto contract | 38 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Recently retrenched | 226 |
0.9%
|
| 12 | Other reason | 301 |
1.2%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 11162 |
43.3%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 4 |
0%
|
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.