Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013

South Africa, 2013

Reference ID

ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q1_v02_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Metadata

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May 19, 2014

Last modified

Mar 29, 2019

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Main work (Q45WRK4WHOM)

Data file: qlfs_2013_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85192

Valid: 52714819.335

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 98

End: 98

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the job/business, that you had during the last week (Monday to Sunday) 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?

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

Description

Universe

All members of the households in selected dwelling units aged 15 years and older, who were economically active in the seven days prior to the interview and who worked for someone else for pay or employed one or more employees, or did not employ any employees, or helped without pay in a household business.

Others

Notes

This question establishes whether people were employers, wage earners, self-employed, etc. in the main economic activities they were involved in. Only one category had to be chosen. If option '1' was chosen, the instruction was to go to Question 4.6; otherwise skip to Question 4.13.

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