National Income Dynamics Study 2008, Wave 1 Secure Data
South Africa, 2008
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zaf-saldru-nidssd-2008-v7.0.0
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
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e3 - Methods taken to find current job (w1_a_em1inf)
Data file: Adult_W1_Secure_V7.0.0
Overview
Valid:
3853
Invalid:
13019
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 0 |
0%
|
| -8 | Refused | 1 |
0%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 108 |
0.6%
|
| 1 | Saw an advert in a newspaper or on the internet | 457 |
2.7%
|
| 2 | Saw an advert on a notice board in a community centre/shopping centre, shop etc | 210 |
1.2%
|
| 3 | A household member told me about the job | 276 |
1.6%
|
| 4 | A friend/relative (in a different household) told me about the job | 1562 |
9.3%
|
| 5 | I went to a factory and waited for a job | 302 |
1.8%
|
| 6 | I knocked on factory gates and visited private homes and shops until I got the job | 337 |
2%
|
| 7 | Through an employment agency | 105 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | I asked someone who had employed me before about a job | 162 |
1%
|
| 9 | I waited on the side of the road | 76 |
0.5%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 213 |
1.3%
|
| 11 | Contacted by employer | 44 |
0.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 13019 |
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.