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General Household Survey 2006

South Africa, 2006
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ZAF_2006_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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DDI/XML JSON
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Nov 03, 2011
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Mar 29, 2019
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Data file: GHS 2006 Worker_v1

The GHS 2006 Worker_v1.2_20110811 data file contains data on main work activities of individuals (all persons 15 years or above who were working or absent from work seven days prior to the survey date), obtained from Section 2 of the survey questionnaire.

Cases: 72296
Variables: 44

Variables

uqnr
Unique household identifier
personnr
Person number within household
psu
Primary Sampling Unit
prov
Province
gender
Gender
age
Age
age_grp
Age group
race
Population group
q20selfr
Person responding
q21wrkls
Work for Salary
q22aownb
Activity:Own business
q22bdome
Activity:Domestic work
q22cunpd
Activity:Unpaid work
q22dfarm
Activity:Farm work
q22econs
Activity:Construction or major repair work
q22fctch
Activity:Catch fish
q22gbeg
Activity:Beg for money or food
q23havew
Temporary absence but have a job
q24mainr
Main reason absent from work
q26occup
Person's occupation or job title
q28indus
Industry activity
q29salto
Total salary/pay
q210salp
Salary period
q211salc
Income Categories
q212oddj
Supported by:Odd jobs during the past seven days
q212inhh
Supported by: persons in the household
q212noth
Supported by: persons not in the household
q212char
Supported by: Charity, church, welfare, etc.
q212uifs
Supported by:Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
q212savi
Supported by:Savings or money previously earned
q212pens
Supported by:Old age or disability pension
q212othr
Supported by:Other sources
q213ynot
Reason for not working
q214acce
Accept job
q215whns
Start working
q216look
Look for work
q216bgnb
Start business
q217ever
Ever worked
q218tmga
Time since last worked
indus
Main industry
occup
Main occupation
status1
Official employment status
status2
Expanded employment status
worker_wgt
Worker weight
Total: 44
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