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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Activity before looking for work (Q37ACTPRIORJOBSEEK)

Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2

Overview

Valid: 20719

Invalid: 161833

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 58

loc_end_pos: 58

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Working	9557	46.1%
2	Managing a home	5394	26%
3	Going to school	5641	27.2%
4	Other	127	0.6%
Sysmiss		161833

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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