Population Census 1980

South Africa, 1980

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Reference ID

ZAF_1980_PHC_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Work status (WORKSTAT)

Data file: South African Census Bop 1980_v1

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 3

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

18. Present work status: E.g. employee, employer, unemployed, (looking for work), not working (not looking for work), etc.

Categories

Value	Category
1	Employer (includes working for own account and family worker)
2	Employee
3	Unemployed
4	Not economically active
5	Foreign visitor

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.

Interviewer instructions

2 (j) QUESTION 18 - Distinguish between employee, employer, worker on own account, family worker, unemployed (looking for work), housewife or "not employed" (not looking for work). "Not employed" includes pre-school children, scholars, full-time students, pensioners, etc.

Question post text

See instruction 2j

Description

Definition

This variable records the current work status of the individual household member.

Universe

Answer this part in respect of every person at midnight between 6 and 7 May 1980. (Only one person per column.)

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