National Income Dynamics Study 2008

South Africa, 2008

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ZAF_2008_NIDS-W1_v08_M

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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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Dec 20, 2012

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e3 - Methods taken to find current job (w1_a_em1inf)

Data file: Adult_W1_Anon_V6.1

Overview

Valid: 3852

Invalid: 13019

Minimum: -8

Maximum: 11

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 568

End: 569

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
-9	Don't Know
-8	Refused
-5	Not Applicable
-3	Missing
1	Saw an advert in the newspaper or on the internet
2	Saw an advert on a notice board in a community centre/shopping
3	A household member told me about the job
4	A friend/relative (in a different household) told me about t
5	I went to a factory and waited for a job
6	I knocked on factory gates and visited private homes and shops
7	Through an employment agency
8	I asked someone who had employed me before about a job
9	I waited on the side of the road
10	Other (specify)
11	Contacted by employer
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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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