Labour Force Survey 2005, September

South Africa, 2005

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ZAF_2005_LFS-SEP_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jan 27, 2012

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Steps taken to look for work (Q39SeekHh)

Data file: LFS 2005_2 Worker_v1

Overview

Valid: 73847

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Waited/registered at employment agency/trade union	632	0.9%
2	Enquired at workplaces, farms, factories or called on other possible employers	4983	6.7%
3	Placed/answered advertisement(s)	1453	2%
4	Sought assistance from relatives or friends	1270	1.7%
5	Looked for land, building, equipment or applied for permit to start own business or farming	117	0.2%
6	Waited at the street-side where casual workers are found	1413	1.9%
7	Other	157	0.2%
8	Don't know	13	0%
88	Not applicable	63575	86.1%
99	Unspecified	234	0.3%

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.

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