Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2019

South Africa, 2019

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ZAF_2019_LMDSA_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Nov 19, 2021

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Data file: lmdsa-2019-v1.1.dta

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Valid: 21756

Invalid: 248602

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 67

End: 68

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Health reason	1365	6.3%
2	Caring for own children/relatives	427	2%
3	Pregnancy	497	2.3%
4	Other family/community responsibilities	204	0.9%
5	Going to school	320	1.5%
6	Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down	15710	72.2%
7	Changed residence	194	0.9%
8	Dissatisfied with the job	1136	5.2%
9	Retired/ too old to work	1455	6.7%
10	Other	448	2.1%
99	Unspecified	0	0%
Sysmiss		248602

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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