Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2024
Quarter 4
South Africa, 2024
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Reference ID
ZAF_2024_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
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May 05, 2025
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- qlfs-2024-q4-worker-v1
Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)
Data file: qlfs-2024-q4-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
224
Invalid:
65941
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 14
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reasons | 29 |
12.9%
|
| 2 | Vacation leave | 71 |
31.7%
|
| 3 | Caring for family or others | 5 |
2.2%
|
| 4 | Maternity or paternity leave | 22 |
9.8%
|
| 5 | Other family/community obligations | 9 |
4%
|
| 8 | Bad weather | 4 |
1.8%
|
| 9 | Study or training leave | 4 |
1.8%
|
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity | 42 |
18.8%
|
| 12 | Seasonal work | 10 |
4.5%
|
| 13 | Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future | 3 |
1.3%
|
| 14 | Other reason | 25 |
11.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 65941 |
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.