Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025, Quarter 4

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2025-q4-v1

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https://doi.org/10.25828/8ya9-3j92

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Data file: qlfs-2025-q4-v1

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Valid: 22901

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Mean: 3.0753678878652

Standard deviation: 1.6555835792901

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Scholar/student	6904	30.1%
2	Home-maker	2411	10.5%
3	Health reasons	1808	7.9%
4	Too young/old/retired	6907	30.2%
5	Discouraged work-seekers	3575	15.6%
6	Other	1296	5.7%

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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