Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2023
Quarter 4
South Africa, 2023
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Study field (Q18FIELD)
Data file: qlfs-2023-q4-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
5930
Invalid:
60556
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agriculture or Renewable natural resources | 102 |
1.7%
|
| 2 | Architecture or environmental design | 51 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | Arts; Visual or Performing | 126 |
2.1%
|
| 4 | Business; commerce and management studies | 1303 |
22%
|
| 5 | Communication | 89 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | Computer science | 239 |
4%
|
| 7 | Education; training or development | 1039 |
17.5%
|
| 8 | Engineering or engineering technology | 731 |
12.3%
|
| 9 | Health care or health sciences | 596 |
10.1%
|
| 10 | Home economics | 49 |
0.8%
|
| 11 | Industrial arts; traders or technology | 75 |
1.3%
|
| 12 | Languages; linguistic or literature | 26 |
0.4%
|
| 13 | Law | 197 |
3.3%
|
| 14 | Libraries or museums | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | Life sciences or physical sciences | 53 |
0.9%
|
| 16 | Mathematical sciences | 20 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | Military sciences | 21 |
0.4%
|
| 18 | Philosophy; religion or theology | 41 |
0.7%
|
| 19 | Physical education or leisure | 17 |
0.3%
|
| 20 | Psychology | 62 |
1%
|
| 21 | Public administration or social services | 74 |
1.2%
|
| 22 | Social sciences or social studies | 34 |
0.6%
|
| 23 | Other | 123 |
2.1%
|
| 24 | Management | 85 |
1.4%
|
| 25 | Marketing | 60 |
1%
|
| 26 | Information technology and computer science | 81 |
1.4%
|
| 27 | Finance; economics and accounting | 151 |
2.5%
|
| 28 | Office administration | 83 |
1.4%
|
| 29 | Electrical infrastructure construction | 72 |
1.2%
|
| 30 | Civil engineering and building construction | 31 |
0.5%
|
| 31 | Engineering | 28 |
0.5%
|
| 32 | Primary agriculture | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | Hospitality | 44 |
0.7%
|
| 34 | Tourism | 36 |
0.6%
|
| 35 | Safety in society | 40 |
0.7%
|
| 36 | Mechatronics | 15 |
0.3%
|
| 37 | Education and development | 44 |
0.7%
|
| 38 | Other | 80 |
1.3%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 1 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 60556 |
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.