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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Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2

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Valid: 67640

Invalid: 114912

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 240

loc_end_pos: 240

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Scholar/student	20863	30.8%
2	Home-maker	8676	12.8%
3	Health reasons	5261	7.8%
4	Too young/old/retired	18698	27.6%
5	Discouraged work-seekers	10368	15.3%
6	Other	3774	5.6%
Sysmiss		114912

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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