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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e4 - Methods taken to find current job (w3_a_em1inf)
Data file: Adult_W3_Anon_V2.1
Overview
Valid:
4686
Invalid:
17780
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
653
End:
654
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 1 |
0%
|
| -8 | Refused | 1 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 64 |
1.4%
|
| 1 | Saw an advert in a newspaper or on the internet | 790 |
16.9%
|
| 2 | Saw an advert on a notice board in a community centre/shopping centre, shop etc | 295 |
6.3%
|
| 3 | A household member told me about the job | 258 |
5.5%
|
| 4 | A friend/relative (in a different household) told me about the job | 2223 |
47.4%
|
| 5 | I went to a factory and waited for a job | 329 |
7%
|
| 6 | I knocked on factory gates and visited private homes and shops until I got the job | 270 |
5.8%
|
| 7 | Through an employment agency | 117 |
2.5%
|
| 8 | I asked someone who had employed me before about a job | 219 |
4.7%
|
| 9 | I waited on the side of the road | 51 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 68 |
1.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 17780 |
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.