Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2024
Quarter 1
South Africa, 2024
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Reference ID
ZAF_2024_QLFS-Q1_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 20, 2024
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- qlfs-2024-q1-worker-v1.dta
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2024-q1-worker-v1.dta
Overview
Valid:
4193
Invalid:
62686
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
16
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
60
End:
61
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaiting the seasonal work | 51 |
1.2%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 43 |
1%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 127 |
3%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 16 |
0.4%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 34 |
0.8%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 260 |
6.2%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 27 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 2801 |
66.8%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 193 |
4.6%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 153 |
3.6%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 254 |
6.1%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 1 |
0%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 86 |
2.1%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 41 |
1%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 101 |
2.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 62686 |
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.