Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 2
South Africa, 2021
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- qlfs-2021-q2-worker-v1
Main reason you stopped working (Q314RSNSTOPWRK)
Data file: qlfs-2021-q2-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
4594
Invalid:
49346
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
68
End:
69
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reason | 217 |
4.7%
|
| 2 | Caring for own children/relatives | 61 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | Pregnancy | 60 |
1.3%
|
| 4 | Other family/community responsibilities | 31 |
0.7%
|
| 5 | Going to school | 56 |
1.2%
|
| 6 | Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down | 3366 |
73.3%
|
| 7 | Changed residence | 24 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | Dissatisfied with the job | 166 |
3.6%
|
| 9 | Retired/ too old to work | 349 |
7.6%
|
| 10 | Other | 264 |
5.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 49346 |
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 not been working.
Others
Notes
The purpose of this question was to establish the reasons people stopped working in their last jobs. For any other reason that was not specified in the given categories, there was provision to specify.