Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, First Quarter

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_QLFS-Q1_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Marital status (Q16MARITALSTATUS)

Data file: QLFS_2012_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 84255

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 28

End: 28

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is ....... ’s present marital status?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Married	17365	20.6%
2	Living together like husband and wife	3820	4.5%
3	Widow/Widower	5118	6.1%
4	Divorced or separated	1788	2.1%
5	Never married	56164	66.7%

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.

Interviewer instructions

The following information must be obtained for every person who has stayed in this household for at least four nights on average per week during the last four weeks. Do not forget babies. If there are more than 10 persons in the household, use a second questionnaire.

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Every person who had stayed in the households in selected dwelling units at least four nights a week in the four weeks prior to the interview.

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