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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Oct 25, 2021

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How soon can you start work or a business (Q311bWHNSTART)

Data file: qlfs-2021-q2-worker-v1

Overview

Valid: 71

Invalid: 53869

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 65

End: 65

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Within a week	4	5.6%
2	Within two weeks	4	5.6%
3	Within four weeks	1	1.4%
4	Later than four weeks from now	18	25.4%
5	No desire to work	5	7%
6	Do not know	39	54.9%
Sysmiss		53869

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 did not have jobs to return to in the last four weeks prior to the interview and who were not looking for work.

Others

Notes

This question is asked of respondents who were not available to work or start a business last week. It seeks to find out how soon people are willing to start work or a business.

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