Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013, Third Quarter

South Africa, 2013

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ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q3_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_2013_03_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 87057

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	80412	92.4%
1	Health reason	613	0.7%
2	Caring for own children/relatives	168	0.2%
3	Pregnancy	173	0.2%
4	Other family/community responsibilities	86	0.1%
5	Going to school	133	0.2%
6	Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down	4457	5.1%
7	Changed residence	71	0.1%
8	Dissatisfied with the job	396	0.5%
9	Retired/ too old to work	404	0.5%
10	Other	142	0.2%
99	Unspecified	2	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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