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Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012

South Africa, 2012
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ZAF_2012_QLFS-Q2_v02_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Unemployment status (Unempl_status)

Data file: QLFS_2012_02_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 84731
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 Not applicable
1 Job loser
2 Job leaver
3 New entrant
4 Re-entrant
5 Other - last worked >5 years ago
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.

Description

Definition
Unemployed persons are those (aged 15-64 years) who:

a) Were not employed in the reference week.
b) Actively looked for work or tried to start a business in the four weeks preceding the survey interview. c) Were available for work i.e would have been able to start work or a business in the reference week.
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