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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- ZAF2007_PHC-H-H
- ZAF2007_PHC-P-H
Availability for work (ZA2007A_WKAVAIL)
Data file: ZAF2007_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
275
End:
275
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="ZA07A453" v="ZA07A453 ZA07A568 ZA07A569">P-33 Availability for work<br />If a suitable job is offered, how soon can (the person) start work?<br /><div class="i1">[Question P-33 was asked of persons who were not working in the last seven days, per questions P-30a to P-30g.]<br />[] 1 Within a week<br />[] 2 Within two weeks<br />[] 3 Within four weeks<br />[] 4 More than four weeks from now<br />[] 5 Not interested<br />[] 6 Not able (health or disability)<br />[] 7 Do not know<br />Write code in the box.<br />_</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="ZA07A453" v="ZA07A453 ZA07A568 ZA07A569">P-33 Availability for work<br />If a suitable job is offered, how soon can (the person) start work?<br /><div class="i1">[Question P-33 was asked of persons who were not working in the last seven days, per questions P-30a to P-30g.]<br />[] 1 Within a week<br />[] 2 Within two weeks<br />[] 3 Within four weeks<br />[] 4 More than four weeks from now<br />[] 5 Not interested<br />[] 6 Not able (health or disability)<br />[] 7 Do not know<br />Write code in the box.<br />_</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| NIU (not in universe) | |
| 1 | Within a week |
| 2 | Within two weeks |
| 3 | Within four weeks |
| 4 | More than four weeks from now |
| 5 | Not interested |
| 6 | Not able (health disability) |
| 7 | Respondent did not know |
| 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 how soon the person could start working if a suitable job were offered.
Universe
South Africa 2007: Persons age 15 to 74 who have not worked in the last 7 days and who do not have a job they will return to [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept