Home / Central Data Catalog / ZAF_1996_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

Population Census, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
Get Microdata
Reference ID
ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 29, 2011
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
19794
Downloads
1566

Full-time or part-time work (ZA1996A_WORKTIME)

Data file: ZAF1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 237
End: 237
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA96A040 ZA96A041 ZA96A042 ZA96A432 ZA96A433 ZA96A434 ZA96A435 ZA96A436 ZA96A437 ZA96A438 ZA96A439 ZA96A440 ZA96A441 ZA96A442 ZA96A443 ZA96A444 ZA96A445 ZA96A446"><span class="em">Question 16-19 should be answered for each person in the household, whether child or adult, born before 10 October 1991 (5 years or older)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA96A438">19.1. (For the person who is working). Does (the person) carry out this activity full-time or part-time?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 = Full-time<br />[] 2 = Part-time</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Full-time
2 Part-time
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether works full-time or part-time. There was no definition of 'full-time' or 'part-time' provided on the census questionnaire or to interviewers. Thus, respondents may have interpreted the terms differently.
Universe
South Africa 1996: Employed persons age 15+ in a private household [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
Back to Catalog