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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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Run or do any kind of business, big or small (ZA2007A_WKBUS)

Data file: ZAF2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 265
End: 265
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>P-30 <span class="em">Employment status</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA07A444"><div class="i1">P-30a In the last 7 days, did (the person) run or do any kind of business, big or small, for himself/herself or with one or more partners even for only one hour?</div><br /><div class="i2">Examples: Selling things, making things for sale, repairing things, guarding cars, brewing beer, hairdressing, creche business, taxi or other transport business, having a legal or medical practice, etc.<br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Do not know</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
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 whether the person has run or done any kind of business, big or small, in the seven days prior to enumeration.
Universe
South Africa 2007: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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