Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 2

South Africa, 2021

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ZAF_2021_QLFS-Q2_v01_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-2021-q2-worker-v1

Overview

Valid: 6345

Invalid: 47595

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 58

End: 58

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 3 months	631	9.9%
2	3 months - less than 6 months	389	6.1%
3	6 months - less than 9 months	217	3.4%
4	9 months - less than 1 year	280	4.4%
5	1 year - less than 3 years	1558	24.6%
6	3 years - 5 years	937	14.8%
7	More than 5 years	2297	36.2%
8	Do not know	36	0.6%
Sysmiss		47595

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

Universe

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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Notes

The question deals with the amount of time a person spent trying to look for a job.

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