General Household Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
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Reason for not working (q213ynot)
Data file: GHS 2008 Worker_v1
Overview
Valid:
64925
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
79
End:
80
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
2.13 Why did ...... not work during the past seven days?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Has found a job, but is only starting at a definite date in the future |
| 2 | Scholar or student and prefers not to work |
| 3 | Housewife/homemaker and prefers not to work |
| 4 | Retired and prefers not to seek formal work |
| 5 | Illness, invalid, disabled or unable to work (handicapped) |
| 6 | Too young or too old to work |
| 7 | Seasonal worker, e.g. fruit picker, wool-shearer |
| 8 | Lack of skills or qualifications for available jobs |
| 9 | Cannot find any work |
| 10 | Cannot find suitable work (salary, location of work or conditions not satisfactory) |
| 11 | Contract worker, e.g. mine worker resting according to contract |
| 12 | Recently retrenched |
| 13 | Other reason |
| 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.