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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Unemployment status (Unempl_Status)

Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2

Overview

Valid: 88338

Invalid: 94214

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 230

loc_end_pos: 230

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Job loser	5996	6.8%
2	Job leaver	861	1%
3	New entrant	48128	54.5%
4	Re-entrant	8654	9.8%
5	Other - last worked >5 years ago	24699	28%
Sysmiss		94214

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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