Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025, Quarter 2
South Africa, 2025
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Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)
Data file: qlfs-2025-q2-v1
Overview
Valid:
288
Invalid:
65155
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
38
loc_end_pos:
39
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 14
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reasons | 42 |
14.6%
|
| 2 | Vacation leave | 76 |
26.4%
|
| 3 | Caring for family or others | 3 |
1%
|
| 4 | Maternity or paternity leave | 30 |
10.4%
|
| 5 | Other family/community obligations | 11 |
3.8%
|
| 6 | Strike/Stay-Away/Lockout | 2 |
0.7%
|
| 8 | Bad weather | 13 |
4.5%
|
| 9 | Study or training leave | 2 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity | 70 |
24.3%
|
| 12 | Seasonal work | 9 |
3.1%
|
| 13 | Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future | 5 |
1.7%
|
| 14 | Other reason | 25 |
8.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 65155 |
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.