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Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000

South Africa, 1999 - 2000
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ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M
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Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo), South Africa Department of Labour
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Data file: Mesebetsi LFS1999-2000 Hhold_v1

Variables: 163

Variables

recnum
household record number
rosnum
column number of person in hh
eacode
district and ea number
ai1
province, district
ai2
enumeration area
ai3
id # of household in ea
relweig2
relative second stage estimation weight
expweig2
expansion second stage estimation weight
eatype5
1996 census urban/rural classification
rurban
urban/ non-urban ea
ar2
interview status
rsi
rsi indicator
ac1
main respondent hh_que
ac2
additional respondent hh_que
ac3
hh roster number of rsi
ac7
language of hh interview:
ac8
language of rsi interview:
fpa
gender / sex
fpb
age at last birthday
fpc
person is resident of the household, or a visitor?
fpd
has person stayed four nights per week for past four weeks?
a1
relationship to rsi
a2
population group
a3a
currently attending school
a3b
full-, part time, correspondence school
a4
highest school class or standard completed
a5
main field of study
a6
marital status
a7
province or country at birth
a8
urban or rural residence at birth
a9
province/ country of residence 5 years ago
a10
urban or rural residence 5 years ago
a11a
since 1994, how many times has moved?
a11b1
moved to be w/ other family members
a11b2
moved to start new job or be close to work
a11b3
moved to look for work
a11b4
moved because of education
a11b5
moved for some other reason
a12
citizenship (country)
b1
run or do any kind of business
b2
do any unpaid work in a family business
b3
work on your own or on the family farm
b4
make anything from farm products
b5
collect fish/ food for sale or family
b6
do any construction work on own property
b7
spend time fetching water, fuel or wood
b8
do any work for a wage or payment in kind
b9
have a job that you will definitely return to?
b10
main reason absent last week
b11
if work available, could start in next 4 weeks
b12
looked for work during the past 4 weeks
b13a
actions taken to look for work 1
b13b
actions taken to look for work 2
b13c
actions taken to look for work 3
b14
how many weeks looking for work?
b15
main activity in the past 7 days
b16a
how do you support yourself? (not employed) 1
b16b
how do you support yourself? (not employed) 2
b16c
how do you support yourself? (not employed) 3
b17
yesterday, hours spent on domestic work (not employed)
b18
current occupation (3-digit)
b18occ1
occupation in main job (isco major gp.)
b19
employment status, main job
b21
current industry (3-digit)
b21ind1
industry in main job (sic major div.)
b22
is job permanent or temporary?
b23
ownership status: employer in main job
b24
how many regular employees?
b25a
how many workers are employers/ partners
b25b
how many workers are paid employees
b25c
how many workers are unpaid workers
b26a
is workplace a registered company
b26b
does the enterprise keep accounts?
b26c
does the enterprise deduct uif?
b27
type of business location:
b28a
usual hours worked in main activity
b28b
usual hours in all other work activities
b28c
usual hours worked in total
b29a
actual hours worked in main activity
b29b
actual hours in all other work activities
b29c
actual hours worked in total
b30
hours of paid overtime worked last week
b31
want more hours, or different kind of work?
b32
available for more or different work in next 4 weeks
b33
took action to look for more/ different work, past 4 weeks
b34
mostly looking for more hours/ different work?
b35
yesterday, hours spent on domestic work (employed)
b36a
income sources (employed) 1
b36b
income sources (employed) 2
b36c
income sources (employed) 3
c1
main language that hh members use at home
c2
type of dwelling
c31_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c31_b
wages, salaries, overtime pay
c32_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c32_b
profit from non-agricultural enterprises/ self-empl
c33_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c33_b
profit from sale of agricultural products
c34_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c34_b
support from kin/ people outside hh/ child maintenance
c35_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c35_b
gifts from religious or nonprofit organisations
c36_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c36_b
pensions from former employers
c37_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c37_b
bursaries or ed. grants from private sources
c38_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c38_b
other transfers from private sources
c39_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c39_b
old age pensions from government
c310_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c310_b
unemployment benefits (uif)
c311_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c311_b
workers compensation benefits
c312_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c312_b
bursaries or ed. grants from government
c313_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c313_b
other grants from government
c314_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c314_b
income from savings, stocks, bonds etc.
c315_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c315_b
income from renting
c316_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c316_b
other property income
c317_a
yes, no, refuse, do not know or no answer
c317_b
other income
c318
total hh income last month
c4
is total income of last month typical?
c5
income in past 12 months compared to year before that
educat
highest education completed (recode)
voced
ntc or other vocational qualification
province
province (place of interview)
citizen
south african citizen (y/n)
migrprov
moved country or province since 1994
migrurb
moved urban/rural since 1994
migrant
in different province or rurban move since 1994
inctype1
income source1 in b16 or b36
inctype2
income source2 in b16 or b36
inctype3
income source3 in b16 or b36
inctype4
income source4 in b16 or b36
lf_ilo
ilo labour force status
strict
employment status according to the ilo strict definition
expanded
employment status according to the ilo expanded definition
lfp_str
labour force participant according to ilo strict definition
lfp_exp
labour force participant according to ilo expanded definition
lf_iloww
alt. ilo labour force status: fetching wood, water= work
b7only
fetching wood+water was only activity
uelayer
layers of unemployment and under-employment
informal
informal sector indicator
hhsize
number of persons in household
hhtype
household type
hhtype2
household type (simpler)
hhkids
number of children <15 in household
rsikid6
rsi has 1+ own children age 6 or less in hh
hhold
number of people aged 65+ in household
hhmaxed
highest education of a hh member (excluding non-relatives)
hhempl
number of employed people age 15+ in household
hhunempl
nmbr unemployed persons (expanded def.) in hh
hhoutlf
number of hh members out of lab force (expanded def.)
hhinc
total household income last month
hincquin
hh cash income quintiles
hhmigrs
number of 5-yr migrants age 15+ in hh
pctmigrs
percent of 5-yr migrants age 15+ in hh
Total: 163
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