Labour Force Survey 2007, March

South Africa, 2007

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ZAF_2007_LFS-MAR_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 or start business (Q39SeekHh)

Data file: LFS 2007_1 Worker_v1

Overview

Valid: 74591

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Waited/registered at employment agency/trade union	578	0.8%
2	Enquired at workplaces, farms, factories or called on other possible employers	4573	6.1%
3	Placed/answered advertisement(s)	1964	2.6%
4	Sought assistance from relatives or friends	998	1.3%
5	Looked for land, building, equipment or applied for permit to start own business or farming	108	0.1%
6	Waited at the street-side where casual workers are found	1448	1.9%
7	Other	127	0.2%
8	Do not know	6	0%
88	Not applicable	64598	86.6%
99	Unspecified	191	0.3%

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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