Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, Fourth Quarter

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_QLFS-Q4_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Aug 26, 2013

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Reason not available for work (Q311RSNNOTAVAILABLE)

Data file: QLFS_2012_04_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85112

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 60

End: 60

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

What was the main reason why you were not available for work last week (Monday to Sunday)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	85063	99.9%
1	Scholar or student	13	0%
2	Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care)	15	0%
3	Health reasons	13	0%
4	Retired or too old for work	0	0%
5	No desire to work	0	0%
6	Too young to work	0	0%
7	Pregnancy	5	0%
8	Disabled or unable to work	0	0%
9	Other	3	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.

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All household members aged 15 years and older, who did not work and did not have a job to return to and were not available for work in the seven days prior to the interview.

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