Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, Fourth Quarter

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_QLFS-Q4_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Main reason you stopped working (Q314RSNSTOPWRK)

Data file: QLFS_2012_04_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85112

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 64

End: 65

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

What was the main reason you stopped working in your last job/business?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	78850	92.6%
1	Health reason	562	0.7%
2	Caring for own children/relatives	174	0.2%
3	Pregnancy	180	0.2%
4	Other family/community responsibilities	95	0.1%
5	Going to school	111	0.1%
6	Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down	4136	4.9%
7	Changed residence	95	0.1%
8	Dissatisfied with the job	375	0.4%
9	Retired/ too old to work	391	0.5%
10	Other	139	0.2%
99	Unspecified	4	0%

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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All household members aged 15 years and older, who had not been working.

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