National Income Dynamics Study 2012, Wave 3
South Africa, 2012
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ZAF_2012_NIDS-W3_v04_M
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
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e83 - Main reason for unavailability for employment in last 4 weeks? (w3_a_noemex)
Data file: Adult_W3_Anon_V2.1
Overview
Valid:
9458
Invalid:
13008
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
12
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1144
End:
1145
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 54 |
0.6%
|
| -8 | Refused | 23 |
0.2%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 147 |
1.6%
|
| 1 | I am too old | 2545 |
26.9%
|
| 2 | I am a full-time student/learner | 3226 |
34.1%
|
| 3 | I am sick/disabled | 848 |
9%
|
| 4 | I do not like the available jobs and would rather not work | 184 |
1.9%
|
| 5 | I do not like working | 124 |
1.3%
|
| 6 | I do domestic duties and look after children and or elderly/disabled family members | 534 |
5.6%
|
| 7 | I look after children | 759 |
8%
|
| 8 | It costs too much to look for work | 466 |
4.9%
|
| 9 | The wages are too low, it is not worth my time working | 124 |
1.3%
|
| 10 | I spend my time cooking and cleaning, shopping etc. | 91 |
1%
|
| 11 | Pregnant | 140 |
1.5%
|
| 12 | Other (specify) | 193 |
2%
|
| Sysmiss | 13008 |
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.