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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Unemployment status (Unempl_status)

Data file: QLFS_2012_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 84255

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 219

End: 219

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	46523	55.2%
1	Job loser	2162	2.6%
2	Job leaver	454	0.5%
3	New entrant	20474	24.3%
4	Re-entrant	3438	4.1%
5	Other - last worked >5 years ago	11204	13.3%

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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Definition

Unemployed persons are those (aged 15-64 years) who:

a) Were not employed in the reference week.
b) Actively looked for work or tried to start a business in the four weeks preceding the survey interview. c) Were available for work i.e would have been able to start work or a business in the reference week.

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