Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2021
South Africa, 2021
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zaf-statssa-lmdsa-2021-v2
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Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)
Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2
Overview
Valid:
1100
Invalid:
181452
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
42
loc_end_pos:
43
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 14
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reasons | 66 |
6%
|
| 2 | Vacation leave | 316 |
28.7%
|
| 3 | Caring for family or others | 5 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | Maternity or paternity leave | 59 |
5.4%
|
| 5 | Other family/community obligations | 16 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | Strike/Stay-away/Lockout | 36 |
3.3%
|
| 7 | Problems with transport | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Bad weather | 18 |
1.6%
|
| 10 | Unrest (Violence) | 39 |
3.5%
|
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity | 108 |
9.8%
|
| 12 | Seasonal work | 32 |
2.9%
|
| 13 | Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 14 | Other reason | 401 |
36.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 181452 |
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.