Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2024
Quarter 1

South Africa, 2024

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Reference ID

ZAF_2024_QLFS-Q1_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Aug 20, 2024

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Aug 20, 2024

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Main reason you stopped working (Q314RSNSTOPWRK)

Data file: qlfs-2024-q1-worker-v1.dta

Overview

Valid: 5259

Invalid: 61620

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 68

End: 69

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Health reason	228	4.3%
2	Caring for own children/relatives	51	1%
3	Pregnancy	66	1.3%
4	Other family/community responsibilities	44	0.8%
5	Going to school	63	1.2%
6	Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down	4065	77.3%
7	Changed residence	50	1%
8	Dissatisfied with the job	208	4%
9	Retired/ too old to work	345	6.6%
10	Other	139	2.6%
Sysmiss		61620

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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