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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Availability (ZA2001A_WRKAVAIL)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 277
End: 277
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA01A443 ZA01A444 ZA01A445 ZA01A446 ZA01A447 ZA01A448 ZA01A449 ZA01A450 ZA01A451 ZA01A452 ZA01A453 ZA01A454 ZA01A455 ZA01A456 ZA01A457 ZA01A458 ZA01A459 ZA01A460"><span class="h2">Ask for all persons aged 10 years and older (born before 10 October 1991)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ZA01A444 ZA01A445 ZA01A446 ZA01A447 ZA01A448 ZA01A449"><span class="h3">Did not have any work</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="ZA01A446" v="ZA01A446 ZA01A447 ZA01A448 ZA01A449">P-18c. Availability (If NO to P-18)<br /><div class="i1">_ If offered work, how soon could (the person) start?<br />1 = Within one week<br />2 = More than 1 week, up to 2 weeks<br />3 = More than 2 weeks, up to 4 weeks<br />4 = Some time after 4 weeks<br />5 = Does not choose to work<br />Go to P-20</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Within one week
2 More than 1 week, up to 4 weeks
3 More than 2 weeks, up to 4 weeks
4 Some time after 4 weeks
5 Does not choose to work
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="ZA01A443 ZA01A444 ZA01A445 ZA01A446"><span class="em">Question P-18 -- Any work in the 7 days before 10 0ctober</span><br />Ask for all persons aged 10 years and over, that is, born before 10 October 1991<br /><br />Question 18 has four parts i.e. P-18, P-18a, P-18b and P-18c. Only those who are working continue with the rest of Question 18. Those who are not working go to Question 19.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A446"><span class="em">Question P-18c -- Availability</span><br /><br />"If offered work, how soon could (the person) start?"<br /><br />We want to know how soon the person can start work. The answer "within one week" means s/he may belong to the "labour force" according to the narrow definition. For labour force policy this question is very important. If the person cannot tell you when s/he could start work, the correct choice may be 5 = "Does not choose to work". However, as for the last question, answers that apparently contradict the answer to Question 18a are acceptable. Dot the correct box.<br /><br /><span class="em"> National Bureau</span>: Some respondents may think that you are offering them employment. Be sure to make it clear that you are not offering any work.<br /><br />For all these people who have been answering P-18a, P-18b and P-18c on unemployment, skip the whole of P-19 and go to P-20.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates how soon the person could start if he/she were offered work.
Universe
South Africa 2001: Persons without work in the seven days before October 10 [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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