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Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 2

South Africa, 2021
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ZAF_2021_QLFS-Q2_v01_M
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Contribution to pension or retirement fund (Q46PENSION)

Data file: qlfs-2021-q2-worker-v1

Overview

Valid: 9987
Invalid: 43953
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 3
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 103
End: 103
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 4783
47.9%
2 No 5055
50.6%
3 Do not know 149
1.5%
Sysmiss 43953
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 members of the households in selected dwelling units aged 15 years and older, who were economically active and were working for someone for pay in the seven days prior to the interview and who were employees

Others

Notes
This question intends to find out if employers contributed to the pension fund for their employees because this is one of the important benefits that some employed workers receive. The information gathered through this question will help the government in its plans for state pensions and other social security schemes.
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