Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013

South Africa, 2013

Reference ID

ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q1_v02_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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May 19, 2014

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How soon can you start work or a business (Q311bWHNSTART)

Data file: qlfs_2013_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85192

Valid: 52714819.335

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 61

End: 61

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How soon can you start work or a business?

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not applicable
1	Within a week
2	Within two weeks
3	Within four weeks
4	Later than four weeks from now
5	No desire to work
6	Do not know

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 did not have jobs to return to in the last four weeks prior to the interview and who were not looking for work.

Others

Notes

This question is asked of respondents who were not available to work or start a business last week. It seeks to find out how soon people are willing to start work or a business.

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