Demographic and Health Survey 1998

South Africa, 1998

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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M

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Department of Health, Medical Research Council

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Current type of employment (v718)

Data file: REC71

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 33

End: 33

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	Did not work
1	Paid employee, away
2	Paid employee, home
3	Self-employed, away
4	Self-employed, home
5	Unpaid worker, away
6	Unpaid worker, home

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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Notes

Current type of employment. his variable is constructed from responses to the questions concerning who the respondent works for, whether she earns cash for this work, and whether she works at home or away from home.

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