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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Created on

Feb 10, 2026

Last modified

Feb 10, 2026

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Data file: QLFS202503

Overview

Valid: 18110

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Scholar or student
2	Housewife/homemaker (family considerations/child care)
3	Health reasons
4	Retired or too old for work
5	No desire to work
6	Too young to work
7	Pregnancy
8	Disabled or unable to work
9	Unspecified

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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