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Community Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2007
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ZAF_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Work status (ZA2007A_CLASSWK)

Data file: ZAF2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 278
End: 278
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA07A444 ZA07A445 ZA07A446 ZA07A447 ZA07A448 ZA07A449 ZA07A450 ZA07A451 ZA07A452 ZA07A453 ZA07A454 ZA07A455 ZA07A456 ZA07A457 ZA07A458 ZA07A459 ZA07A460 ZA07A568 ZA07A569"><span class="h2">Section E: Employment and economic activities - ask of all persons 15 years and older listed on the flap</span><br />[Questions P-30 to P-39 were asked of persons age 15 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA07A456">P-36 Work status<br />How can one describe (the person)'s main activity or work status best?<br /><div class="i1">If yes to any of P-30a to P-30g or P-31 [who were either working during the last seven days or had work that the persons could definitely return to.] <br />Write code in the box.<br /><span class="ital">Read out</span> :<br />[] 1 Paid employee<br />[] 2 Paid family worker<br />[] 3 Self-employed<br />[] 4 Employer<br />[] 5 Unpaid family worker<br />_</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Paid employee
2 Paid family worker
3 Self-employed
4 Employer
5 Unpaid family worker
9 Unknown
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

Definition
This variable indicates the person's main activity or work status.
Universe
South Africa 2007: Persons age 15 to 74 who have worked in the last 7 days or who have regular work to which they will return and who do not live in institutions [discrepancies: none]

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