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: 16825

Invalid: 218108

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Health reason	710	4.2%
2	Caring for own children/relatives	233	1.4%
3	Pregnancy	231	1.4%
4	Other family/community responsibilities	141	0.8%
5	Going to school	152	0.9%
6	Lost job/job ended/laid off/business sold/closed down	12914	76.8%
7	Changed residence	140	0.8%
8	Dissatisfied with the job	624	3.7%
9	Retired/ too old to work	1177	7%
10	Other	503	3%
Sysmiss		218108

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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