General Household Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024

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ZAF_2024_GHS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

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Government of South Africa, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

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Agricultural Surveys

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Apr 01, 2026

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Jun 02, 2026

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Reason for not trying to find work or starting a business (lab_rnsw)

Data file: ghs-2024-person-v1

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 88

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Awaiting the season for work
2	Waiting to be recalled from a job
3	Health reasons
4	Pregnancy
5	Disabled or unable to work (Handicapped)
6	Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/child care)
7	Undergoing training to help find work
8	No jobs available in the area
9	Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work
10	Unable to find work requiring his/her skills
11	Lost hope of finding any kind of work
12	No transport available
13	Scholar or student
14	Retired
15	Too old/young to work
16	Did not want to work
17	OTHER REASON THAN ANY OF THE ABOVE
88	Not applicable

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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