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Population Census 1980

South Africa, 1980
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Reference ID
ZAF_1980_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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    1980_v1

Work status (WRKSTAT)

Data file: South African Census 1980_v1

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18. Present work status: E.g. employee, employer, unemployed, (looking for work), not working (not looking for work), etc.
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Employee
3 Unemployed
4 Not economically active
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
2 (j) QUESTION 18 – Distinguish between employee, employer, worker on own account, family worker, unemployed (looking for work), housewife or “not employed” (not looking for work). “Not employed” includes pre-school children, scholars, full-time students, pensioners, etc.
Question post text
See instruction 2j

Description

Definition
This variable records the current work status of the individual household member.
Universe
Answer this part in respect of every person at midnight between 6 and 7 May 1980. (Only one person per column.)
Source of information
Househld member
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