National Income Dynamics Study 2012

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_NIDS-W3_v04_M

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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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e88 - Main reason behind cessation in job search (w3_a_noemsrex)

Data file: Adult_W3_Anon_V2.1

Overview

Valid: 1892

Invalid: 20574

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 12

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1201

End: 1202

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

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Categories

Value	Category
-9	Don't know
-8	Refused
-5	Not applicable
-3	Missing
1	I became discouraged (I did not think I would ever find a job / Job search was pointless / There are no jobs to be had / It was a waste of time)
2	I got pregnant/ had a child
3	I had family responsibilities that prevented me from looking for a job
4	I got married
5	I could not afford the costs of looking for work
6	I decided to go back to school/study further
7	I became disabled
8	I decided I was too old to work anymore
9	The wages were too low
10	I chose not to look for work
11	I do not have ID documents
12	Other (specify)
Sysmiss

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.

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