Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, Third Quarter

South Africa, 2012

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Reference ID

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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UIF Deductions (Q48UIF)

Data file: QLFS_2012_03_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85760

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 110

End: 110

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does your employer pay UIF contributions for you?

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	67739	79%
1	Yes	10824	12.6%
2	No	6901	8%
3	Do not know	296	0.3%

Description

Definition

Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) is a fund to which employers and employees contribute and from which employees who become unemployed or their beneficiaries, are entitled to benefits. The intention of the fund is to alleviate the harmful economic and social effects of unemployment.

Universe

All members of the households in selected dwelling units aged 15 years and older, who were economically active and were working for someone for pay in the seven days prior to the interview and who were employees.

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