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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Time since last worked (Q313TIMEUNEMPLOY)

Data file: qlfs-2025-q4-v1

Overview

Valid: 14142

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Mean: 5.9548861547164

Standard deviation: 1.8178727777313

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 3 months	854	6%
2	3 months - less than 6 months	545	3.9%
3	6 months - less than 9 months	415	2.9%
4	9 months - less than 1 year	448	3.2%
5	1 year - less than 3 years	1591	11.3%
6	3 years - 5 years	759	5.4%
7	More than 5 years	9516	67.3%
8	Do not know	14	0.1%

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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