General Household Survey 2005
South Africa, 2005
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Data file: GHS 2005 Worker_v1
Overview
Valid:
72640
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
45
End:
46
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
2.4 What was the main reason …… was absent from this activity in the last seven days?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Own illness or injury |
| 2 | Caring for family or others (except maternity/paternity leave) |
| 3 | Maternity or paternity leave |
| 4 | Other family/community obligations (funerals, meetings) |
| 5 | Strikes/stay-away/lockout |
| 6 | Problems with transport |
| 7 | Bad weather |
| 8 | Vacation, leave |
| 9 | Study or training leave |
| 10 | Unrest (violence) |
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/reduction in economic activity |
| 12 | Other |
| 88 | Not applicable |
| 99 | Unspecified |
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.