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General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Reason for not trying to find work or starting a business (Q46crnsw)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 224
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What was the main reason why .... did not try to find work or start a business in the last four weeks?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Awaiting the season for work 72
0.1%
2 Waiting to be recalled to former job 44
0.1%
3 Health reasons 256
0.3%
4 Pregnancy 79
0.1%
5 Disabled or unable to work (Handicapped) 67
0.1%
6 Housewife/Homemaker (Family considerations/child care) 441
0.6%
7 Undergoing training to help find work 9
0%
8 No jobs available in the area 2628
3.5%
9 Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work 319
0.4%
10 Unable to find work requiring his/her skills 316
0.4%
11 Lost hope of finding any kind of work 251
0.3%
12 No transport available 4
0%
13 Scholar or student 470
0.6%
14 Retired 18
0%
15 Too old/young to work 172
0.2%
16 Did not want to work 10
0%
17 Other 139
0.2%
88 Not applicable 47034
63.2%
99 Unspecified 22120
29.7%
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
This question asks each individual in the household the main reason for not trying to find work or starting a business. The reference period is the past four calendar weeks.

Description

Universe
This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are 15 years and older and who are not economically active.
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