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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e71_2 - Respondent has done ... to search for work or to start a business? - 2 (w1_a_unems2)
Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V6.1
Overview
Valid:
459
Invalid:
16412
Minimum:
2
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
781
End:
782
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't Know | 0 |
0%
|
| -8 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not Applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Registered at an employment agency | 0 |
0%
|
| 2 | Enquired at workplaces, farms, factories, or called on other possible employers | 32 |
7%
|
| 3 | Placed advertisement(s) | 63 |
13.7%
|
| 4 | Answered advertisements | 104 |
22.7%
|
| 5 | Searched through job advertisement(s) on the internet | 50 |
10.9%
|
| 6 | Sought assistance from relatives or friends | 135 |
29.4%
|
| 7 | Looked for land, building, equipment or applied for permit to start own business or farming | 16 |
3.5%
|
| 8 | Waited on the side of the road | 52 |
11.3%
|
| 9 | Sought financial assistance to start a business | 5 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Other | 2 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Nothing | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 16412 |
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.