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Population Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center
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Employment status (ZA1996A_0437)

Data file: ZAF1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 229
End: 230
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Question 16-19 should be answered for each person in the household, whether child or adult, born before 10 October 1991 (5 years or older)



17. Does (the person) work? (for pay, profit or family gain) Answer yes for formal work for a salary or wage. Also answer yes for informal work such as making things for sale or selling things or rendering a service. Also answer yes for work on a farm or the land, whether for a wage or as part of the household's farming activities. Otherwise answer no.

[] 1 = Yes. Go to question 19.1
[] 2 = No. Go to question 18.1
Categories
Value Category
1 Employed
2 Unemployed, looking for work
3 Unemployed - not looking for work, but would accept work
4 Not working - housewife/home-maker
6 Not working - scholar/full-time student
7 Not working - pensioner/retired person
8 Not working - disabled person
9 Not working - not wishing to work
10 Not working - none of the above
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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 employment status by indicating whether employed, unemployed or not economically active.
Universe
Person age 15+ in private households

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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