Living Conditions Survey 2008-2009

South Africa, 2008 - 2009

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ZAF_2008_LCS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jan 09, 2013

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Main reason not to look for job (Q412MAINREASON)

Data file: LCS 2008-2009 Person_v1

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 182

End: 183

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Awaiting the season for work
2	Awaiting to be recalled to former job
3	Had already arranged to take up a job or...
4	Health reasons
5	Pregnancy
6	Diabled or unable to work (handicpped)
7	Household /homemaker(family consideration/child care)
8	Undergoing training to help find work
9	No jobs available in the area
10	Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work
11	Unable to find work requiring his/her skills
12	Lost hope of finding any kind of work
13	No transport available
14	Scholar or student
15	Retired
16	Too old /too young to work
17	Other reasons, specify
88	Not applicable
99	Unspecified

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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