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Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2019, Quarter 1

South Africa, 2019
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Statistics South Africa
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Documentation

Download the questionnaires, technical documents and reports that describe the survey process and the key results for this study.
Questionnaires
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Questionnaire
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authors Statistics South Africa
Date 2019-01-01
Country South Africa
language English
publishers Statistics South Africa
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Reports
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Quarter 1: 2019 Statistics Release
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authors Statistics South Africa
Date 2019-05-14
Country South Africa
language English
publishers Statistics South Africa
Table of contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 1

2. Highlights of the results ................................................................................................................................. 1

3. Employment ................................................................................................................................................... 2
3.1 Conditions of employment for employees ................................................................................................... 6

4. Unemployment and Not in employment, education or training (NEET)......................................................... 6

5. Summary of labour market measures at a glance, Q1: 2019........................................................................ 9

6. Other labour market trends.......................................................................................................................... 10
6.1 Year-on-year changes ............................................................................................................................... 10
6.2 Trends in unemployment rate .................................................................................................................... 11

7. Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) and the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) ............................. 12

8. Technical notes............................................................................................................................................ 14
8.1 Response details ....................................................................................................................................... 14
8.2 Survey requirements and design ............................................................................................................... 14
8.3 Sample rotation.......................................................................................................................................... 15
8.4 Weighting ................................................................................................................................................... 15
8.5 Non-response adjustment.......................................................................................................................... 15
8.6 Final survey weights .................................................................................................................................. 15
8.7 Estimation .................................................................................................................................................. 15
8.8 Reliability of the survey estimates ............................................................................................................. 16

9. Definitions .................................................................................................................................................... 16
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Other materials
Guide to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey
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authors Statistics South Africa
Date 2008-08-01
Country South Africa
language English
publishers Statistics South Africa
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/3490/download/46793
Concepts and definitions used in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey
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authors Statistics South Africa
Date 2008-08-01
Country South Africa
language English
publishers Statistics South Africa
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Quarterly Labour Force Survey Quarter 1, 2019
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authors Statistics South Africa
Country South Africa
language English
publishers Statistics South Africa
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/3490/download/46795