Population Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996

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Reference ID

ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Employment status (ZA1996A_0437)

Data file: ZAF1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 229

End: 230

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Question 16-19 should be answered for each person in the household, whether child or adult, born before 10 October 1991 (5 years or older)

17. Does (the person) work? (for pay, profit or family gain) Answer yes for formal work for a salary or wage. Also answer yes for informal work such as making things for sale or selling things or rendering a service. Also answer yes for work on a farm or the land, whether for a wage or as part of the household's farming activities. Otherwise answer no.

[] 1 = Yes. Go to question 19.1
[] 2 = No. Go to question 18.1

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employed
2	Unemployed, looking for work
3	Unemployed - not looking for work, but would accept work
4	Not working - housewife/home-maker
6	Not working - scholar/full-time student
7	Not working - pensioner/retired person
8	Not working - disabled person
9	Not working - not wishing to work
10	Not working - none of the above
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates employment status by indicating whether employed, unemployed or not economically active.

Universe

Person age 15+ in private households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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