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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Activity before looking for work (Q37ACTPRIORJOBSEEK)

Data file: QLFS_2012_03_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85760

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 59

End: 59

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was your main activity before you started looking for work?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	78309	91.3%
1	Working	3766	4.4%
2	Managing a home	1188	1.4%
3	Going to school	2406	2.8%
4	Other	91	0.1%

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

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