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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Statistics South Africa

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Activity before looking for work (Q37ACTPRIORJOBSEEK)

Data file: qlfs-2025-q4-v1

Overview

Valid: 7335

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Mean: 1.8324471710975

Standard deviation: 0.85752715340521

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Working	3303	45%
2	Managing a home	2069	28.2%
3	Going to school	1852	25.2%
4	Other	111	1.5%

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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