Living Conditions Survey 2014-2015
South Africa, 2014 - 2015
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Reference ID
ZAF_2014_LCS_v02_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 15, 2017
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Main reason for not trying to find work (Q35MAINREASON)
Data file: lcs-2014-2015-persons-final-v1
Overview
Valid:
88906
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
97
End:
98
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaiting the season for work | 78 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 44 |
0%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 1416 |
1.6%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 199 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 736 |
0.8%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker(family considerations/child care) | 1336 |
1.5%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 29 |
0%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 1148 |
1.3%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 154 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 163 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 213 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 22 |
0%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 8103 |
9.1%
|
| 14 | Retired | 702 |
0.8%
|
| 15 | Too old / young to work | 6529 |
7.3%
|
| 16 | Did not want to work | 266 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | Other, specify | 102 |
0.1%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 66841 |
75.2%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 825 |
0.9%
|
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.