Labour Force Survey 2002, September

South Africa, 2002

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ZAF_2002_LFS-SEP_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Steps taken to look for work (Q38SeekH)

Data file: LFS 2002_2 Worker_v2

Overview

Valid: 69495

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Waited/registered at employment agency/trade union	693	1%
2	Enquired at workplaces, farms, factories or called on other possible employers	6670	9.6%
3	Placed/answered advertisement(s)	1540	2.2%
4	Sought assistance from relatives or friends	1013	1.5%
5	Looked for land, building, equipment or applied for permit to start own business or farming	59	0.1%
6	Waited at the street side where casual workers are found	1021	1.5%
7	Other	76	0.1%
8	Don't know	8	0%
88	Not applicable	58269	83.8%
99	Unspecified	146	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.

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