Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 2
South Africa, 2021
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- qlfs-2021-q2-worker-v1
Time since last worked (Q313TIMEUNEMPLOY)
Data file: qlfs-2021-q2-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
12084
Invalid:
41856
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
8
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
67
End:
67
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Less than 3 months | 711 |
5.9%
|
| 2 | 3 months - less than 6 months | 444 |
3.7%
|
| 3 | 6 months - less than 9 months | 338 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | 9 months - less than 1 year | 382 |
3.2%
|
| 5 | 1 year - less than 3 years | 1916 |
15.9%
|
| 6 | 3 years - 5 years | 796 |
6.6%
|
| 7 | More than 5 years | 7490 |
62%
|
| 8 | Do not know | 7 |
0.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 41856 |
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 and had not worked for pay, profit or family gain in the last four weeks prior to the interview, and who were not looking for work.
Others
Notes
The aim of this question was to find out when last a person had worked. The enumerator was asked to probe for more information since some people are usually uncertain of the required information.