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Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012

South Africa, 2012
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Data file: QLFS_2012_01_rwt2013_F1

The file contains data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, First Quarter 2012

Cases: 84255
Variables: 146

Variables

UQNO
Unique number
PERSONNO
Person (respondent) number
Province
Province
Q12NIGHTS
Stayed at least four nights
Q13GENDER
Gender
Q14AGE
Age
Q15POPULATION
Population group
Q16MARITALSTATUS
Marital status
Q17EDUCATION
Highest education level
Q20SELFRESPOND
Person him/herself responding
Q24APDWRK
Paid work
Q24BOWNBUSNS
Own business
Q24CUNPDWRK
Unpaid work
Q25APDWRK
Return to Paid work
Q25BOWNBUSNS
Return to Own business
Q25CUNPDWRK
Return to Unpaid work
Q27RSNABSENT
Main reason absent from work
Q31ALOOKWRK
Look for work
Q31BSTARTBUSNS
Start business
Q3201REGISTER
Registered
Q3202ENQUIRE
Enquired
Q3203JOBADS
Placed adverts
Q3204JOBSEARCH
Search job
Q3205ASSISTANCE
Sought assistance
Q3206STARTBUSNS
Start own business
Q3207CASUAL
Casual work
Q3208FINASSIST
Financial assistance
Q3210NOTHING
Nothing
Q33HAVEJOB
Have a job or start a business
Q34WANTTOWRK
Liked to work
Q35YNOTWRK
Reason for not working
Q36TIMESEEK
How long been trying to find work
Q37ACTPRIORJOBSEEK
Activity before looking for work
Q38RSNNOTSEEK
Reason why not look for work or start business
Q39JOBOFFER
Accept job if offered
Q310STARTBUSNS
Started business
Q311RSNNOTAVAILABLE
Reason not available for work
Q312EVERWRK
Ever worked
Q313TIMEUNEMPLOY
Time since last worked
Q314RSNSTOPWRK
Main reason you stopped working
Q315PREVOCCUPATION
Previous occupation
Q316PREVINDUSTRY
Previous industry
Q317WRK4WHOM
Whom did you work for
Q319aODDJOBS
Odd jobs
Q319bINHHPERS
Persons in the household
Q319cNOTHHPERS
Persons not in the household
Q319dCHARITY
Charity
Q319eUIF
UIF
Q319fSAVINGS
Savings
Q319gPENSION
Pension
Q319hGRANTS
Child support grant
Q319iWELFARE
Welfare grants
Q319jOTHR
Other source of support
Q41MULTIPLEJOBS
More than one job
Q42OCCUPATION
Occupation
Q43INDUSTRY
Industry
Q44YEARSTART
Year
Q44MONTHSTART
Month
Q45WRK4WHOM
Main work
Q46PENSION
Contribution to pension or retirement fund
Q47PDLEAVE
Paid leave
Q47B1PDSICK
Paid leave sick leave
Q47B2Maternity
Martenity/ partenity leave
Q48UIF
UIF Deductions
Q49MEDICAL
Medical aid or health insurance contribution
Q410INCOMETAX
Registered for income tax
Q411CONTRACTTYPE
Employment contract
Q412CONTRDURATION
Nature of contract
Q412BMEMUNION
Trade union membership
Q412CSALINCREMENT
Salary increment
Q413VAT
Registered for VAT
Q414TAX
Registered for income tax
Q415TYPEBUSNS
Type of business or enterprise
Q416NRWORKERS
Number of employees
Q418HRSWRK
Hours usually work
Q419MONHRSWRK
Hours worked past week - on Monday
Q419TUEHRSWRK
Hours worked past week - on Tuesday
Q419WEDHRSWRK
Hours worked past week - on Wednesday
Q419THUHRSWRK
Hours worked past week - on Thursday
Q419FRIHRSWRK
Hours worked past week - on Friday
Q419SATHRSWRK
Hours worked past week - on Saturday
Q419SUNHRSWRK
Hours worked past week - on Sunday
Q419TOTALHRS
Total hours actually worked
Q420FIRSTHRSWRK
Hours usually worked - In your first job/business
Q420SECONDHRSWRK
Hours usually worked - In your second job/business
Q420OTHERHRSWRK
Hours usually worked - In all other jobs/businesses
Q420TOTALHRSWRK
Total hours for all jobs/businesses
Q4211MONHRSWRK
Hours worked on first job - on Monday
Q4211TUEHRSWRK
Hours worked on first job - on Tuesday
Q4211WEDHRSWRK
Hours worked on first job - on Wednesday
Q4211THUHRSWRK
Hours worked on first job - on Thursday
Q4211FRIHRSWRK
Hours worked on first job - on Friday
Q4211SATHRSWRK
Hours worked on first job - on Saturday
Q4211SUNHRSWRK
Hours worked on first job - on Sunday
Q4211TOTALHRS
Hours worked on first job - in total
Q4212MONHRSWRK
Hours worked on second job - on Monday
Q4212TUEHRSWRK
Hours worked on second job - on Tuesday
Q4212WEDHRSWRK
Hours worked on second job - on Wednesday
Q4212THUHRSWRK
Hours worked on second job - on Thursday
Q4212FRIHRSWRK
Hours worked on second job - on Friday
Q4212SATHRSWRK
Hours worked on second job - on Saturday
Q4212SUNHRSWRK
Hours worked on second job - on Sunday
Q4212TOTALHRS
Hours worked on second job - in total
Q4213MONHRSWRK
Hours worked on all other jobs - on Monday
Q4213TUEHRSWRK
Hours worked on all other jobs - on Tuesday
Q4213WEDHRSWRK
Hours worked on all other jobs - on Wednesday
Q4213THUHRSWRK
Hours worked on all other jobs - on Thursday
Q4213FRIHRSWRK
Hours worked on all other jobs - on Friday
Q4213SATHRSWRK
Hours worked on all other jobs - on Saturday
Q4213SUNHRSWRK
Hours worked on all other jobs - on Sunday
Q4213TOTALHRS
Hours worked on all other jobs - in total
Q422MOREHRS
Liked to work more hours
Q423ADDHRS
Additional hours
Q424WRKXHRS
Willing to work longer hours
Q425STARTXWRK
Willing to do extra work
Q59AFARMWRK
Do farm work
Q59ATIME
Hours spent doing farm work
Q59BFETCHWATER
Fetch water
Q59BTIME
Hours spent fetching water
Q59CPRODHHGOODS
Produce goods
Q59CTIME
Hours spent producing goods
Q59DCONSTRUC
Do construction
Q59DTIME
Hours spent doing construction work
Q59ECATCHFOOD
Catch food
Q59ETIME
Hours spent catching food
Indus
Main industry
Occup
Main occupation
Previndus
Previous industry
PrevOccup
Previous occupation
Unempl_status
Unemployment status
Status
Status
Education_Status
Education Status
long_term_unempl
Long-term unemployment
underempl
Underemployment
Sector1
Sector (excludes agriculture from formal and informal sectors)
Sector2
Sector (includes agriculture in the formal and informal sectors)
age_grp1
Age group
InactReason
Inactivity reason
At_least_1
Involvement in at least one non-market activity
Infempl
Informal employment
Geo_type
Geography Type
Hrswrk
Hours worked
Status_Exp
Employment Status Expanded
Stratum
Stratum
Metro_code
Metro/non-metro
Weight
Weight
Total: 146
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