Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2011

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ZAF_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS

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Labour market status (derived) (ZA2011A_DEMPSTAT)

Data file: ZAF2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 336

End: 336

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Employed
2	Unemployed
3	Discouraged work-seeker
8	Unknown
9	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 a person's labour market status (derived).

Universe

South Africa 2011: Persons 15+ in private households who worked or were available to work during the last 7 days, or looked for work during the last 4 weeks [discrepancies: type I none; type II 3.1%]

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