Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 2

South Africa, 2021

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ZAF_2021_QLFS-Q2_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Jan 03, 2022

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Work status (Q412CONTRDURATION)

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

Overview

Valid: 9987

Invalid: 43953

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 114

End: 114

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Limited duration	1469	14.7%
2	Permanent nature	6054	60.6%
3	Unspecified duration	2464	24.7%
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.

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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 (option 1 in Question 4.5).

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Notes

This question was asked to establish the degree of job security, i.e. the duration of the contract/agreement.

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