Migrant Health Follow-Up Study Wave 02 (MHFUS)
South Africa, 2019 - 2020
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Reference ID
MHFUS.W2.2025
Producer(s)
Prof. Michael J White, Dr. Carren Ginsburg, Prof. Mark Collinson, Prof F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Prof. Steve Tollman
Metadata
Created on
Jan 13, 2026
Last modified
Jan 20, 2026
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- Data files
- MHFUS_W2_DATASET
W2_emp_status (W2_emp_status)
Data file: MHFUS_W2_DATASET
Overview
Valid:
3011
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
35
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employed full time, formal sector | 773 |
25.7%
|
|
| Employed full time, informal sector | 356 |
11.8%
|
|
| Employed part time, formal sector | 74 |
2.5%
|
|
| Employed part time, informal sector | 59 |
2%
|
|
| Self-employed, formal sector | 38 |
1.3%
|
|
| Self-employed, informal sector | 76 |
2.5%
|
|
| Unemployed, looking for work | 1278 |
42.4%
|
|
| Unemployed, not looking for work | 357 |
11.9%
|
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.