Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3

South Africa, 2025

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ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Feb 10, 2026

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Feb 10, 2026

Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)

Data file: QLFS202503

Overview

Valid: 341

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 15

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Health reasons (sic kness, illness, accident)
2	Vacation leave, holi days
3	Caring for family or other (except matern ity/paternity leave)
4	Maternity or patern ity leave
5	Other family/comm unity obligations (fun erals, meeting)
8	Bad weather, natural disaster
11	Temporarily laid off/reduction in economic activity
12	Seasonal work (low or off-season)
13	Start a new job/busi ness at a definite date in the future
15	Other reason, specify

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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