Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 2
South Africa, 2021
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Reason for not working (Q35YNOTWRK)
Data file: qlfs-2021-q2-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
15862
Invalid:
38078
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
57
End:
57
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scholar or student | 5935 |
37.4%
|
| 2 | Housewife/homemaker (family considerations/child care) | 2338 |
14.7%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 1017 |
6.4%
|
| 4 | Retired or too old for work | 5381 |
33.9%
|
| 5 | No desire to work | 207 |
1.3%
|
| 6 | Too young to work | 117 |
0.7%
|
| 7 | Pregnancy | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Disabled or unable to work | 389 |
2.5%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 441 |
2.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 38078 |
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.
Description
Universe
All household members aged 15 years and older, who did not work and did not have a job to return to in the last seven days prior to the interview.
Others
Notes
This was applicable to all household members aged 15 years and older who did not work and did not have a job to return to in the last seven days prior to the interview. The intention of this question was to find out the reasons people were not working in the last seven days prior to the interview. For any other reason that was not specified in the given categories, there was provision to specify. After this question, the instruction was to go to Question 3.12.