zaf-statssa-lmdsa-2023-v1 DataFirst 2025-08-06 Nesstar Publisher Version 1 Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2023 LMDSA 2023 zaf-statssa-lmdsa-2023-v1 Statistics South Africa Nesstar Publisher Labour Force Survey v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution South Africa The survey had national coverage. Individuals The QLFS sample covers the non-institutional population except for those in workers' hostels. However, persons living in private dwelling units within institutions are enumerated. For example, within a school compound, one would enumerate the schoolmaster's house and teachers' accommodation because these are private dwellings. Students living in a dormitory or school compound are excluded. Survey data Individuals: labour market activity, labour preferences, labour market history, demographic characteristics, marital status, employment status, education, grants, tax, income. Information on sampling is available in the LMDSA metadata document provided by Statistics SA and made available with the data Computer Assisted Personal Interview Statistics South Africa collects data under the South African Statistics Act of 1999. Information on survey weights is available in the LMDSA metadata document provided by Statistics SA and made available with the data DataFirst Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License lmdsa-2023-v1.NSDstat 264495 175 Nesstar 200801 264495 0 264495 0 1 25 3.053 2.269 264495 0 1012023 4122023 2572453.405 1150030.745 264495 0 1 264495 264495 0 1 125682 2 138813 264495 0 1 219525 2 25342 3 4910 4 14718 264495 0 1 45429 2 15255 3 14164 4 4831 5 184816 264495 0 0 98 22.775 31.126 23406 241089 1 99 10.657 8.696 264495 0 1 86383 2 178112 86383 178112 1 10416 2 68614 3 337 4 1777 5 1223 6 3783 7 127 8 7 9 99 Sysmiss 178112 188820 75675 1 103023 2 85797 Sysmiss 75675 188820 75675 1 53973 2 134847 Sysmiss 75675 188820 75675 1 10257 2 178563 Sysmiss 75675 188820 75675 1 416 2 188404 Sysmiss 75675 124256 140239 1 903 2 123353 Sysmiss 140239 123353 141142 1 242 2 123111 Sysmiss 141142 123111 141384 2 123111 Sysmiss 141384 1145 263350 1 125 2 525 3 11 4 94 5 22 6 12 7 2 8 8 9 4 10 1 11 152 12 48 13 19 14 122 Sysmiss 263350 382 264113 1 322 2 21 3 39 Sysmiss 264113 60 264435 1 12 2 48 Sysmiss 264435 123178 141317 1 30898 2 92280 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 3438 2 119740 Sysmiss 141317 31299 233196 1 9122 2 318 3 21859 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 1 8261 2 23038 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 1 19207 2 12092 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 1 15570 2 15729 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 1 15578 2 15721 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 1 23359 2 7940 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 1 1296 2 30003 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 1 4856 2 26443 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 1 5323 2 25976 Sysmiss 233196 31299 233196 2 31299 Sysmiss 233196 91879 172616 1 165 2 91714 Sysmiss 172616 165 264330 1 58 2 24 3 83 Sysmiss 264330 91821 172674 1 16546 2 75275 Sysmiss 172674 75275 189220 1 27508 2 9845 3 4988 4 26454 5 1563 6 447 7 250 8 2087 9 2133 Sysmiss 189220 31357 233138 1 3310 2 1620 3 1170 4 1436 5 6590 6 4466 7 12677 8 88 Sysmiss 233138 31357 233138 1 14689 2 7603 3 8559 4 506 Sysmiss 233138 16546 247949 1 246 2 170 3 490 4 55 5 73 6 1092 7 96 8 11463 9 520 10 475 11 1092 12 11 13 375 14 83 15 17 16 288 Sysmiss 247949 47903 216592 1 47084 2 797 3 22 Sysmiss 216592 819 263676 1 564 2 249 3 6 Sysmiss 263676 255 264240 1 51 2 75 3 60 4 7 5 16 6 3 7 15 8 5 9 23 Sysmiss 264240 255 264240 1 51 2 3 3 23 4 62 5 34 6 82 Sysmiss 264240 123178 141317 1 54628 2 68550 Sysmiss 141317 54628 209867 1 3919 2 2245 3 1686 4 1735 5 6476 6 3432 7 35108 8 27 Sysmiss 209867 19520 244975 1 810 2 255 3 258 4 147 5 167 6 15095 7 159 8 784 9 1320 10 525 Sysmiss 244975 19520 244975 1110 9999 6906.219 2382.219 19520 244975 10 999 567.779 315.647 19520 244975 1 18073 2 390 3 1015 4 40 9 2 Sysmiss 244975 123178 141317 2 123178 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 88569 2 34609 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 28981 2 94197 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 1215 2 121963 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 821 2 122357 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 6624 2 116554 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 27989 2 95189 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 19666 2 103512 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 18353 2 104825 Sysmiss 141317 123178 141317 1 2858 2 120320 Sysmiss 141317 65642 198853 1 322 2 65320 Sysmiss 198853 65642 198853 1110 9999 6112.193 2710.119 65642 198853 10 999 623.58 300.454 65642 198853 1962 2023 2015.644 8.197 65642 198853 1 23340 2 6198 3 6495 4 5346 5 3543 6 4140 7 2942 8 3227 9 3153 10 2854 11 2695 12 1709 Sysmiss 198853 65642 198853 1 54752 2 3369 3 7115 4 406 Sysmiss 198853 54752 209743 1 23710 2 29528 3 1514 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 35366 2 18639 3 747 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 38475 2 15543 3 734 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 29162 2 24161 3 1429 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 29738 2 24446 3 568 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 25321 2 28685 3 746 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 2234 2 52098 3 420 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 32866 2 20585 3 1301 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 15683 2 38247 3 822 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 29317 2 23909 3 1526 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 44662 2 10090 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 8900 2 31850 3 14002 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 15252 2 37528 3 1972 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 4203 2 10979 3 5749 4 30438 5 3139 6 244 Sysmiss 209743 8900 255595 1 3158 2 4228 3 1409 9 105 Sysmiss 255595 10890 253605 1 2164 2 8624 3 80 9 22 Sysmiss 253605 10890 253605 1 2981 2 7803 3 84 9 22 Sysmiss 253605 10890 253605 1 1620 2 9145 3 101 9 24 Sysmiss 253605 65642 198853 1 11091 2 1277 3 47272 4 983 5 4796 6 220 9 3 Sysmiss 198853 65642 198853 1 99 5.023 2.334 65642 198853 1 48165 2 17474 9 3 Sysmiss 198853 65317 199178 1 112 42.186 13.283 65317 199178 0 6158 1 168 2 320 3 295 4 493 5 1686 6 1381 7 2805 8 32424 9 9715 10 4772 11 522 12 4246 13 123 14 103 15 66 16 23 17 3 18 6 19 2 20 6 Sysmiss 199178 65317 199178 0 6275 1 152 2 297 3 276 4 473 5 1620 6 1333 7 2769 8 32289 9 9800 10 4789 11 523 12 4391 13 123 14 101 15 64 16 23 17 3 18 7 19 2 20 7 Sysmiss 199178 65317 199178 0 5902 1 163 2 316 3 287 4 488 5 1670 6 1361 7 2780 8 32430 9 9782 10 4866 11 519 12 4416 13 128 14 104 15 63 16 26 17 4 18 4 19 2 20 6 Sysmiss 199178 65317 199178 0 6731 1 167 2 291 3 293 4 488 5 1656 6 1323 7 2726 8 31896 9 9677 10 4794 11 518 12 4410 13 126 14 110 15 63 16 27 17 6 18 6 19 2 20 7 Sysmiss 199178 65317 199178 0 7482 1 192 2 303 3 290 4 490 5 1725 6 1453 7 2720 8 31765 9 9525 10 4756 11 512 12 3739 13 128 14 118 15 69 16 27 17 5 18 9 19 2 20 7 Sysmiss 199178 65317 199178 0 44222 1 161 2 253 3 318 4 444 5 4333 6 1475 7 735 8 5713 9 1702 10 2677 11 284 12 2709 13 102 14 84 15 55 16 32 17 4 18 6 19 2 20 6 Sysmiss 199178 65317 199178 0 55741 1 152 2 186 3 173 4 263 5 1155 6 563 7 340 8 2258 9 730 10 1464 11 187 12 1919 13 69 14 50 15 30 16 23 17 3 18 3 20 8 Sysmiss 199178 65317 199178 0 140 41.563 14.233 322 264173 1 84 31.783 17.079 322 264173 1 70 14.91 10.775 74 264421 1 58 14.986 14.26 322 264173 4 112 50.137 22.579 322 264173 0 49 1 5 2 6 3 3 4 6 5 31 6 17 7 29 8 107 9 34 10 21 12 13 15 1 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 90 1 4 2 5 3 1 4 6 5 25 6 16 7 15 8 91 9 33 10 21 12 14 15 1 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 83 1 5 2 6 3 2 4 6 5 27 6 15 7 18 8 90 9 38 10 18 12 13 15 1 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 98 1 4 2 6 3 2 4 6 5 25 6 14 7 21 8 80 9 32 10 22 12 11 15 1 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 85 1 4 2 5 3 4 4 9 5 26 6 17 7 21 8 85 9 34 10 22 12 9 15 1 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 228 1 2 2 5 3 4 4 3 5 18 6 9 7 3 8 14 9 12 10 17 12 7 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 260 1 3 2 5 3 3 4 3 5 9 6 1 7 1 8 10 9 5 10 14 12 8 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 84 31.814 17.125 322 264173 0 168 1 20 2 41 3 27 4 13 5 17 6 5 7 2 8 20 9 4 10 2 11 2 12 1 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 139 1 17 2 40 3 28 4 16 5 22 6 7 7 7 8 33 9 5 10 7 15 1 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 151 1 18 2 37 3 30 4 15 5 20 6 8 7 4 8 23 9 8 10 6 12 1 15 1 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 149 1 17 2 38 3 24 4 20 5 17 6 10 7 5 8 27 9 12 10 3 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 157 1 14 2 42 3 25 4 16 5 20 6 10 7 6 8 21 9 6 10 5 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 170 1 10 2 26 3 17 4 13 5 23 6 3 7 7 8 25 9 8 10 16 11 1 12 3 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 228 1 14 2 14 3 11 4 8 5 11 6 2 7 5 8 8 9 6 10 12 11 1 12 2 Sysmiss 264173 322 264173 0 70 15.568 11.854 75 264420 0 42 1 5 2 3 3 2 5 4 6 5 7 1 8 7 9 2 10 4 Sysmiss 264420 75 264420 0 45 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 1 5 5 6 4 7 1 8 5 9 4 10 3 Sysmiss 264420 75 264420 0 44 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 1 5 4 6 5 7 2 8 6 9 2 10 2 12 1 Sysmiss 264420 75 264420 0 35 1 4 2 5 3 3 4 1 5 3 6 4 7 3 8 11 9 2 10 3 12 1 Sysmiss 264420 75 264420 0 40 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 1 5 3 6 8 7 3 8 7 9 4 10 2 Sysmiss 264420 75 264420 0 49 2 3 3 3 4 1 5 9 6 3 8 2 9 2 10 1 11 1 12 1 Sysmiss 264420 75 264420 0 53 1 5 2 3 3 3 5 4 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 1 Sysmiss 264420 75 264420 0 70 16.64 18.534 65642 198853 1 3493 2 1078 3 2176 4 56190 5 2705 Sysmiss 198853 6747 257748 1 100 21.11 13.625 6747 257748 1 2452 2 4237 3 58 Sysmiss 257748 6747 257748 1 6378 2 353 3 16 Sysmiss 257748 65642 198853 1 54752 2 3369 3 7115 4 406 Sysmiss 198853 54752 209743 1 44554 2 4946 3 2555 4 1825 5 668 6 204 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 2906 2 51846 Sysmiss 209743 54752 209743 1 1927082 12106.78 40558.943 10484 254011 1 6627 2 2109 3 254 4 1381 5 17 6 96 Sysmiss 254011 10484 254011 1 22000000 19372.477 295956.195 0 264495 Sysmiss 264495 65236 199259 2 221 3 680 4 3497 5 2543 6 5787 7 7235 8 8392 9 8534 10 5073 11 4341 12 4837 13 9154 14 1758 15 1630 16 450 17 252 18 252 19 600 Sysmiss 199259 188820 75675 1 12749 2 176071 Sysmiss 75675 12749 251746 0 77 5.829 6.847 188820 75675 1 21892 2 166928 Sysmiss 75675 21892 242603 0 40 2.697 3.555 188820 75675 1 1510 2 187310 Sysmiss 75675 1510 262985 0 70 11.642 8.598 188820 75675 1 1601 2 187219 Sysmiss 75675 1594 262901 1 67 5.18 5.316 188820 75675 1 182 2 188638 Sysmiss 75675 174 264321 1 70 6.385 7.577 264495 0 0 118 30.47 21.057 264495 0 10101 90401 54720.041 26249.389 188820 75675 1 65642 2 31319 3 13019 4 78840 Sysmiss 75675 188820 75675 1 65642 2 47648 4 75530 Sysmiss 75675 91859 172636 1 27909 2 10962 3 7655 4 27003 5 13019 6 5311 Sysmiss 172636 123178 141317 1 8777 2 991 3 68550 4 9752 5 35108 Sysmiss 141317 65642 198853 1 3937 2 1643 3 6079 4 454 5 4985 6 13315 7 3675 8 10436 9 16329 10 4741 11 48 Sysmiss 198853 65642 198853 1 4659 2 4594 3 5714 4 6952 5 11486 6 304 7 6681 8 5081 9 16430 10 3723 11 18 Sysmiss 198853 19520 244975 1 1586 2 348 3 1777 4 94 5 2551 6 3650 7 930 8 2227 9 4261 10 2060 11 36 Sysmiss 244975 19520 244975 1 505 2 517 3 1024 4 1855 5 3846 6 66 7 2521 8 1191 9 6474 10 1511 11 10 Sysmiss 244975 65642 198853 1 44176 2 12788 3 3937 4 4741 Sysmiss 198853 65642 198853 1 47475 2 13426 4 4741 Sysmiss 198853 65642 198853 1 43494 2 19872 8 2276 Sysmiss 198853 31319 233176 1 23748 2 7571 Sysmiss 233176 188820 75675 1 30627 2 158193 Sysmiss 75675 65642 198853 1 3179 2 62463 Sysmiss 198853 65639 198856 1 112 42.135 13.324 264495 0 1 42047 2 48356 3 13546 4 82049 5 54473 6 21743 7 2281 188820 75675 1 95481 2 93339 Sysmiss 75675 264495 0 1 185736 2 54473 3 12897 4 9108 5 2281 264495 0 1 23494 2 25107 3 27074 4 25100 5 19781 6 19932 7 20226 8 18826 9 16508 10 13930 11 12998 12 10939 13 10357 14 7661 15 5776 16 6786 264495 0 1 27131 2 34340 3 10521 4 17485 5 47789 6 15785 7 58365 8 22777 9 30302 264495 0 1 9369 2 17762 3 24118 4 4309 5 5913 6 10521 7 12632 8 4853 9 32169 10 15620 11 15785 12 8537 13 16246 14 19348 15 14234 16 22777 17 30302 264495 0 1 164739 2 90573 3 9183 264495 0 16010072000 98710590000 60767228179.701 25366453408.39 65236 199259 1 22000000 12407.389 112318.254 264495 0 1 65327 2 66628 3 66054 4 66486 264495 0 50 4655.3 910.882 473.245 264495 0 12.5 1163.825 227.721 118.311