Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3
South Africa, 2025
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Reference ID
ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
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Feb 10, 2026
Last modified
Feb 10, 2026
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Reason for not working (Q35YNOTWRK)
Data file: QLFS202503
Overview
Valid:
18110
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scholar or student | 6495 |
35.9%
|
| 2 | Housewife/homemaker (family considerations/child care) | 2131 |
11.8%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 1196 |
6.6%
|
| 4 | Retired or too old for work | 6754 |
37.3%
|
| 5 | No desire to work | 368 |
2%
|
| 6 | Too young to work | 108 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Pregnancy | 49 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Disabled or unable to work | 524 |
2.9%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 485 |
2.7%
|
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.