Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, Third Quarter

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_QLFS-Q3_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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How long been trying to find work (Q36TIMESEEK)

Data file: QLFS_2012_03_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85760

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 58

End: 58

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For how long have you been without work and trying to find a job or start a business?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	78309	91.3%
1	Less than 3 months	906	1.1%
2	3 months - less than 6 months	499	0.6%
3	6 months - less than 9 months	581	0.7%
4	9 months - less than 1 year	530	0.6%
5	1 year - less than 3 years	1657	1.9%
6	3 years - 5 years	1172	1.4%
7	More than 5 years	2084	2.4%
8	Do not know	22	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.

Description

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All household members aged 15 years and older, who also tried to look for work in the last four weeks prior to the interview.

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