Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025, Quarter 1
South Africa, 2025
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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2025-q1-v1
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Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)
Data file: qlfs-2025-q1-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
317
Invalid:
66112
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 14
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reasons | 33 |
10.4%
|
| 2 | Vacation leave | 150 |
47.3%
|
| 3 | Caring for family or others | 5 |
1.6%
|
| 4 | Maternity or paternity leave | 19 |
6%
|
| 5 | Other family/community obligations | 3 |
0.9%
|
| 8 | Bad weather | 3 |
0.9%
|
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity | 61 |
19.2%
|
| 12 | Seasonal work | 9 |
2.8%
|
| 13 | Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future | 4 |
1.3%
|
| 14 | Other reason | 30 |
9.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 66112 |
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.