National Income Dynamics Study 2012
South Africa, 2012
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ZAF_2012_NIDS-W3_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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e1 - Which one of the following best describes what you were doing one year ago? (w3_a_emact1yrago)
Data file: Adult_W3_Anon_V2.1
Overview
Valid:
18697
Invalid:
3769
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
643
End:
644
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 6 |
0%
|
| -8 | Refused | 4 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 1 |
0%
|
| 1 | Working for pay | 4843 |
25.9%
|
| 2 | Self-employed | 472 |
2.5%
|
| 3 | Working on own plot or looking after livestock | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Helping another family member with their business, without pay | 34 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | Full-time scholar or student at school, university, college or another educational institution | 3352 |
17.9%
|
| 6 | Homemaker (looking after children / others / home) | 1062 |
5.7%
|
| 7 | Long term sick or disabled | 566 |
3%
|
| 8 | Retired | 1363 |
7.3%
|
| 9 | Unemployed and actively searching for a job in the last four weeks | 3680 |
19.7%
|
| 10 | Unemployed but not actively searching for a job in the last four weeks | 3293 |
17.6%
|
| 11 | Other | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 3769 |
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.