Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2022

South Africa, 2022

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ZAF_2022_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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Aug 12, 2025

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Data file: lmdsa-2022-v1

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Valid: 870

Invalid: 234063

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 14

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Health reasons	96	11%
2	Vacation leave	347	39.9%
3	Caring for family or others	10	1.1%
4	Maternity or paternity leave	100	11.5%
5	Other family/community obligations	26	3%
6	Strike/Stay-away/Lockout	18	2.1%
7	Problems with transport	1	0.1%
8	Bad weather	16	1.8%
9	Study or training leave	6	0.7%
10	Unrest (Violence)	1	0.1%
11	Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity	115	13.2%
12	Seasonal work	24	2.8%
13	Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future	11	1.3%
14	Other reason	99	11.4%
Sysmiss		234063

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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