Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2023
Quarter 1

South Africa, 2023

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ZAF_2023_QLFS-Q1_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jul 26, 2023

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Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)

Data file: qlfs-2023-q1-worker-v1

Overview

Valid: 297

Invalid: 65030

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 14

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Health reasons	26	8.8%
2	Vacation leave	158	53.2%
4	Maternity or paternity leave	28	9.4%
5	Other family/community obligations	7	2.4%
6	Strike/stay-away/lockout	1	0.3%
7	Problems with transport	1	0.3%
8	Bad weather	3	1%
9	Study or training leave	1	0.3%
11	Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity	34	11.4%
12	Seasonal work	11	3.7%
13	Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future	5	1.7%
14	Other reason	22	7.4%
Sysmiss		65030

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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