Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2023
Quarter 3

South Africa, 2023

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ZAF_2023_QLFS-Q3_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Aug 11, 2025

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Main industry grouped (Indus)

Data file: qlfs-2023-q3-worker-v1

Overview

Valid: 16630

Invalid: 49424

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Agriculture; hunting; forestry and fishing	1028	6.2%
2	Mining and quarrying	397	2.4%
3	Manufacturing	1491	9%
4	Electricity; gas and water supply	96	0.6%
5	Construction	1290	7.8%
6	Wholesale and retail trade	3389	20.4%
7	Transport; storage and communication	900	5.4%
8	Financial intermediation; insurance; real estate and business services	2685	16.1%
9	Community; social and personal services	4154	25%
10	Private households	1191	7.2%
11	Other	9	0.1%
Sysmiss		49424

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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