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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e79 - Main reason behind cessation in job search (w1_a_noemsrex)
Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V6.1
Overview
Valid:
476
Invalid:
16395
Minimum:
-3
Maximum:
12
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
820
End:
821
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 12
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 | 15 |
3.2%
|
| 1 | I became discouraged (I did not think I would ever find a job | 130 |
27.3%
|
| 2 | I got pregnant/had a child | 82 |
17.2%
|
| 3 | I had family responsibilities that prevented me from looking | 63 |
13.2%
|
| 4 | I got married | 5 |
1.1%
|
| 5 | I could not afford the costs of looking for work | 66 |
13.9%
|
| 6 | I decided to go back to school/study further | 5 |
1.1%
|
| 7 | I became disabled | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | I decided I was too old to work anymore | 2 |
0.4%
|
| 9 | The wages were too low | 17 |
3.6%
|
| 10 | I chose not to look for work | 15 |
3.2%
|
| 11 | Other | 25 |
5.3%
|
| 12 | Still looking for work | 50 |
10.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 16395 |
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.