Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2021

South Africa, 2021

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Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2

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Valid: 15511

Invalid: 167041

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 67

loc_end_pos: 68

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Health reason	716	4.6%
2	Caring for own children/relatives	189	1.2%
3	Pregnancy	199	1.3%
4	Other family/community responsibilities	97	0.6%
5	Going to school	150	1%
6	Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down	11358	73.2%
7	Changed residence	85	0.5%
8	Dissatisfied with the job	505	3.3%
9	Retired/ too old to work	1212	7.8%
10	Other	1000	6.4%
Sysmiss		167041

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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