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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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Looked for work (ZA2007A_WKLOOK)

Data file: ZAF2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 276
End: 276
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="ZA07A454" v="ZA07A454 ZA07A568">P-34 Active steps seeking work<br />During the past four weeks, has (the person) taken any action to look for any kind of work?<br /><div class="i1">[Question P-34 was asked of persons who were not working in the last seven days, per questions P-30a to P-30g.]<br />Mark appropriate box with an X.<br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Do not know</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
3 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 whether persons who were not working had looked for work during the four weeks prior to the enumeration.
Universe
South Africa 2007: Persons age 15+ who are available for work [discrepancies: none]

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