Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013

South Africa, 2013

Reference ID

ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q1_v02_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Metadata

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May 19, 2014

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Activity before looking for work (Q37ACTPRIORJOBSEEK)

Data file: qlfs_2013_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85192

Valid: 52714819.335

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 55

End: 55

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was your main activity before you started looking for work?

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not applicable
1	Working
2	Managing a home
3	Going to school
4	Other

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

Universe

All household members aged 15 years and older, who had tried to look for work in the last four weeks prior to the interview.

Others

Notes

The purpose of this question is to find out the main activity a person was engaged in before starting to look for work.

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