Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 1

South Africa, 2021

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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2021-q1-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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Labour Force Survey/ Quarterly Labour Force Survey/ Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa

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Jun 08, 2021

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Data file: qlfs-2021-q1-worker-v1

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Valid: 854

Invalid: 9145

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Health reason	52	6.1%
2	Caring for own children/relatives	18	2.1%
3	Pregnancy	15	1.8%
4	Other family/community responsibilities	4	0.5%
5	Going to school	15	1.8%
6	Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down	537	62.9%
7	Changed residence	11	1.3%
8	Dissatisfied with the job	27	3.2%
9	Retired/ too old to work	99	11.6%
10	Other	76	8.9%
Sysmiss		9145

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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