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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Created on
Feb 10, 2026
Last modified
Feb 10, 2026
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- QLFS202503
Main reason you stopped working (Q314RSNSTOPWRK)
Data file: QLFS202503
Overview
Valid:
4633
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reason | 217 |
4.7%
|
| 2 | Caring for own children/relatives | 60 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | Pregnancy | 54 |
1.2%
|
| 4 | Other family/community responsibilities | 30 |
0.6%
|
| 5 | Going to school | 50 |
1.1%
|
| 6 | Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down | 3488 |
75.3%
|
| 7 | Changed residence | 44 |
0.9%
|
| 8 | Dissatisfied with the job | 215 |
4.6%
|
| 9 | Retired/ too old to work | 347 |
7.5%
|
| 10 | Other | 128 |
2.8%
|
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.