Quality of Life Survey 2023-2024
Round 7
South Africa, 2023 - 2024
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023_QoLS-R7_v01_M
Producer(s)
Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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- qols-2023-2024
Q10.5 - Why are you not looking for work? (q10_5_not_looking)
Data file: qols-2023-2024
Overview
Valid:
3452
Invalid:
10343
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
845
End:
846
Width:
2
Range:
-3 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -3 | Fieldwork error | 0 |
0%
|
| -1 | Missing due to skip | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | I have given up looking for a job | 315 |
9.1%
|
| 2 | Do not need to work | 141 |
4.1%
|
| 3 | Do not want to work | 59 |
1.7%
|
| 4 | Disabled | 90 |
2.6%
|
| 5 | Housewife or homemaker | 199 |
5.8%
|
| 6 | Looking after family members for no pay | 59 |
1.7%
|
| 7 | School pupil or full time student | 602 |
17.4%
|
| 8 | Retired person or pensioner | 1987 |
57.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 10343 |
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.