Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025, Quarter 4

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2025-q4-v1

DOI

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

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Unemployment status (Unempl_Status)

Data file: qlfs-2025-q4-v1

Overview

Valid: 10867

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Mean: 3.2752369559216

Standard deviation: 1.3445517696052

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Job loser	1897	17.5%
2	Job leaver	196	1.8%
3	New entrant	4644	42.7%
4	Re-entrant	1279	11.8%
5	Other - last worked >5 years ago	2851	26.2%

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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