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Labour Force Survey 2001, February

South Africa, 2001
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Reference ID
ZAF_2001_LFS-FEB_v02_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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May 01, 2014
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  • LFS 2001_1
    House_v2
  • LFS 2001_1
    Person_v2
  • LFS 2001_1
    Worker_v2

Why not look for work (Q37YnotL)

Data file: LFS 2001_1 Worker_v2

Overview

Valid: 72923
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 8
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Has been temporarily laid off work 47
0.1%
2 Ill health/Injury/Physical disability 248
0.3%
3 Pregnancy 146
0.2%
4 Family considerations/Child care 683
0.9%
5 Undergoing training to help find work 113
0.2%
6 No jobs available in the area 3443
4.7%
7 Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work 1282
1.8%
8 Unable to find work requiring his/her skills 350
0.5%
9 Lost hope of finding any kind of work 736
1%
10 No transport available 17
0%
11 Other reason 318
0.4%
88 Not applicable 65186
89.4%
99 Unspecified 354
0.5%
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.
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