Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 2

South Africa, 2021

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Reference ID

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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Whom did you work for (Q317WRK4WHOM)

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

Overview

Valid: 4594

Invalid: 49346

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 77

End: 77

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Working for someone else for pay	4158	90.5%
2	An employer (employing one or more employees)	110	2.4%
3	Own account worker ( not employing any employees)	312	6.8%
4	Helping without pay in a household business	14	0.3%
Sysmiss		49346

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 members of the households in selected dwelling units aged 15 years and older, who were unemployed or not economically active.

Others

Notes

This question establishes whether people were employers, wage earners, self-employed, etc. in the main economic activities they were involved in.

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