Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013

South Africa, 2013

Reference ID

ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q1_v02_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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May 19, 2014

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Whom did you work for (Q317WRK4WHOM)

Data file: qlfs_2013_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85192

Valid: 52714819.335

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 73

End: 73

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In your last job/business, were you.........
1 = Working for someone else for pay?

(Including paid domestic workers, gardeners or security guards) Payment in cash or in kind (e.g. food, accommodation). Option 1 includes all employees: Full-time, part-time, casual work and piecework.

2 = An employer (employing one or more employees)?

3 = Own-account worker (not employing any employees)?

4 = Helping without pay in a household business?

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not applicable
1	Working for someone else for pay
2	An employer (employing one or more employees)
3	Own account worker ( not employing any employees)
4	Helping without pay in a household business

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.

Description

Universe

All members of the households in selected dwelling units aged 15 years and older, who were unemployed or not economically active.

Others

Notes

This question establishes whether people were employers, wage earners, self-employed, etc. in the main economic activities they were involved in.

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