Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, First Quarter

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_QLFS-Q1_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jan 09, 2013

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Whom did you work for (Q317WRK4WHOM)

Data file: QLFS_2012_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 84255

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 72

End: 72

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In your last job/business, were you.........

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	78201	92.8%
1	Working for someone else for pay	5629	6.7%
2	An employer (employing one or more employees)	84	0.1%
3	Own account worker ( not employing any employees)	325	0.4%
4	Helping without pay in a household business	16	0%

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.

Question post text

Option 1 includes all employees: Full-time, part-time, casual work and piecework.

Description

Universe

All members of the households in selected dwelling units aged 15 years and older, who were unemployed or not economically active.

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