Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2021

South Africa, 2021

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Reference ID

ZAF_2021_LMDSA_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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Created on

Feb 11, 2026

Last modified

Feb 11, 2026

Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)

Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2

Overview

Valid: 1100

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 42

End: 43

Width: 2

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Health reasons
2	Vacation leave
3	Caring for family or others
4	Maternity or paternity leave
5	Other family/community obligations
6	Strike/Stay-away/Lockout
7	Problems with transport
8	Bad weather
10	Unrest (Violence)
11	Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity
12	Seasonal work
13	Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future
14	Other reason
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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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