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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Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2

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Valid: 127968

Invalid: 54584

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 222

loc_end_pos: 222

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Employed	39630	31%
2	Unemployed	20698	16.2%
3	Discouraged job seeker	10368	8.1%
4	Other not economically active	57272	44.8%
Sysmiss		54584

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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