Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2021

South Africa, 2021

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zaf-statssa-lmdsa-2021-v2

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Sep 18, 2023

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Apr 23, 2025

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Time since last worked (Q313TIMEUNEMPLOY)

Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2

Overview

Valid: 40210

Invalid: 142342

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 66

loc_end_pos: 66

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 3 months	2258	5.6%
2	3 months - less than 6 months	1465	3.6%
3	6 months - less than 9 months	1290	3.2%
4	9 months - less than 1 year	1531	3.8%
5	1 year - less than 3 years	6227	15.5%
6	3 years - 5 years	2716	6.8%
7	More than 5 years	24699	61.4%
8	Do not know	24	0.1%
Sysmiss		142342

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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