Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013, Second Quarter

South Africa, 2013

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ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q2_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Sep 12, 2013

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Time since last worked (Q313TIMEUNEMPLOY)

Data file: qlfs_2013_02_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 86915

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 63

End: 63

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How long ago was it since you last worked?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	69058	79.5%
1	Less than 3 months	1432	1.6%
2	3 months - less than 6 months	1014	1.2%
3	6 months - less than 9 months	609	0.7%
4	9 months - less than 1 year	599	0.7%
5	1 year - less than 3 years	1915	2.2%
6	3 years - 5 years	937	1.1%
7	More than 5 years	11341	13%
8	Do not know	10	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.

Question post text

If 7, Go to Q 3.19

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All household members aged 15 years and older, who did not have jobs to return to and had not worked for pay, profit or family gain in the last four weeks prior to the interview, and who were not looking for work.

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