Victims of Crime Survey 1998
South Africa, 1998
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Reference ID
ZAF_1998_VCS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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VCS 1998
Main_v1 -
VCS 1998
Person_v1
2.5 Description of current situation (v25)
Data file: VCS 1998 Main_v1
Overview
Valid:
2772
Invalid:
1127
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
66
End:
66
Width:
1
Range:
0 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 17 |
0.6%
|
|
| 1 | Have a job but was absent for the last seven days | 37 |
1.3%
|
| 2 | Going to school/college/university, etc. | 453 |
16.3%
|
| 3 | Not working, but looking for work | 956 |
34.5%
|
| 4 | Not working, not looking for work, available for work | 140 |
5.1%
|
| 5 | A full-time housewife/househusband | 447 |
16.1%
|
| 6 | Pensioner/retired | 504 |
18.2%
|
| 7 | Permanently unable to work | 91 |
3.3%
|
| 8 | Not working, not looking for work, not available for work | 94 |
3.4%
|
| 9 | Other | 33 |
1.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 1127 |
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.