National Income Dynamics Study 2008, Wave 1
South Africa, 2008
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ZAF_2008_NIDS-W1_v08_M
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
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e3 - Methods taken to find current job (w1_a_em1inf)
Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V6.1
Overview
Valid:
3852
Invalid:
13019
Minimum:
-8
Maximum:
11
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
568
End:
569
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't Know | 0 |
0%
|
| -8 | Refused | 1 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not Applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 107 |
2.8%
|
| 1 | Saw an advert in the newspaper or on the internet | 456 |
11.8%
|
| 2 | Saw an advert on a notice board in a community centre/shopping | 210 |
5.5%
|
| 3 | A household member told me about the job | 276 |
7.2%
|
| 4 | A friend/relative (in a different household) told me about t | 1562 |
40.6%
|
| 5 | I went to a factory and waited for a job | 302 |
7.8%
|
| 6 | I knocked on factory gates and visited private homes and shops | 333 |
8.6%
|
| 7 | Through an employment agency | 101 |
2.6%
|
| 8 | I asked someone who had employed me before about a job | 162 |
4.2%
|
| 9 | I waited on the side of the road | 76 |
2%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 222 |
5.8%
|
| 11 | Contacted by employer | 44 |
1.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 13019 |
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.