Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3

South Africa, 2025

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ZAF_2025_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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Feb 10, 2026

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Contract period (Q412ACONTRPERIOD)

Data file: QLFS202503

Overview

Valid: 2308

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Hourly contract / agreement	72	3.1%
2	Daily contract/ agreement	152	6.6%
3	Less than one month	40	1.7%
4	1 to less than 3 months	118	5.1%
5	3 to less than 6 months	202	8.8%
6	6 months to less than 12 months	414	17.9%
7	12 months to less than 24 months	515	22.3%
8	Two years or more no specified duration	473	20.5%
9	Unspecified	322	14%

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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