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Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2021

South Africa, 2021
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ZAF_2021_GATS_v01_M
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South African Medical South African Medical Research Council, National Department of Health
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A05. Which of the following best describes your main work status over the past 12 months?Government employee, non-government employee, self-employed, student, homemaker, retired, unemployed-able to work, or unemployed-unable to work? (A05)

Data file: SA_2021_GATS_Public_Use_06Sep2023

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Type: Discrete
Width: 8
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
-9 REFUSED
-7 DON'T KNOW
1 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE
2 NON-GOVERNMENT/PRIVATE EMPLOYEE
3 SELF-EMPLOYED
4 STUDENT
5 FULL TIME HOMEMAKER
6 RETIRED/PENSIONER
7 UNEMPLOYED, ABLE TO WORK
8 UNEMPLOYED, UNABLE TO WORK
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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