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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Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Feb 11, 2026

Last modified

Feb 11, 2026

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Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2

Overview

Valid: 54200

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 56

End: 56

Width: 1

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
Sysmiss

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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