Labour Force Survey 2003, September
South Africa, 2003
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Reference ID
ZAF_2003_LFS-SEP_v02_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Collection(s)
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Jan 27, 2012
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Data file: LFS 2003_2 Worker_v2
Overview
Valid:
67817
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Has found a job, but is only starting at a definite date in the future | 60 |
0.1%
|
| 2 | Scholar or student and prefersNot to work | 11006 |
16.2%
|
| 3 | Housewife/homemaker and prefersNot to work | 2806 |
4.1%
|
| 4 | Retired and prefersNot to seek formal work | 1122 |
1.7%
|
| 5 | Illness, invalid, disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 3197 |
4.7%
|
| 6 | Too young or too old to work | 6208 |
9.2%
|
| 7 | Seasonal worker, e.g. fruit picker, wool-shearer | 199 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Lack of skills or qualifications for available jobs | 1912 |
2.8%
|
| 9 | Cannot find any work | 13687 |
20.2%
|
| 10 | Cannot find suitable work (salary, location of work or conditionsNot satisfactory) | 915 |
1.3%
|
| 11 | Contract worker, e.g. mine worker resting according to contract | 43 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Recently retrenched | 396 |
0.6%
|
| 13 | Other reason | 1353 |
2%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 24858 |
36.7%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 55 |
0.1%
|
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.