Labour Force Survey 2005, September

South Africa, 2005

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ZAF_2005_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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Jan 27, 2012

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Activities done to look or prepare for extra work (Q430Seekk)

Data file: LFS 2005_2 Worker_v1

Overview

Valid: 73847

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Enquired at workplaces, farms, factories or called on other possible employers	475	0.6%
2	Waited/registered at employment agency, labour broker, department of labour or trade union	98	0.1%
3	Placed or answered advertisements	185	0.3%
4	Sought assistance from friends or relatives	216	0.3%
5	Looked for land, buildings or equipment or applied for permit to start own business or farming	48	0.1%
6	Waiting at the street-side	45	0.1%
7	Other	36	0%
8	Don't know	1	0%
88	Not applicable	72656	98.4%
99	Unspecified	87	0.1%

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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