Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2021

South Africa, 2021

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ZAF_2021_GATS_v01

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South African Medical South African Medical Research Council, National Department of Health

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A05. Which of the following best describes your main work status over the past 12 months?Government employee, non-government employee, self-employed, student, homemaker, retired, unemployed-able to work, or unemployed-unable to work? (A05)

Data file: SA_2021_GATS_Public_Use_06Sep2023

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Valid: 6311

Invalid: 0

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: -9 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
-9	REFUSED	5	0.1%
-7	DON'T KNOW	2	0%
1	GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE	368	5.8%
2	NON-GOVERNMENT/PRIVATE EMPLOYEE	1410	22.3%
3	SELF-EMPLOYED	539	8.5%
4	STUDENT	633	10%
5	FULL TIME HOMEMAKER	196	3.1%
6	RETIRED/PENSIONER	848	13.4%
7	UNEMPLOYED, ABLE TO WORK	2117	33.5%
8	UNEMPLOYED, UNABLE TO WORK	193	3.1%

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.

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