Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025, Quarter 3

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2025-q3-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Dec 19, 2025

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Feb 11, 2026

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How long been trying to find work (Q36TIMESEEK)

Data file: qlfs-20250-03

Overview

Valid: 7661

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Mean: 5.326197624331

Standard deviation: 2.0012343494086

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Less than 3 months
2	3 months - less than 6 months
3	6 months - less than 9 months
4	9 months - less than 1 year
5	1 year - less than 3 years
6	3 years - 5 years
7	More than 5 years
8	Do not know

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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