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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Marital status (Q16MARITALSTATUS)

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

Overview

Valid: 53940

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 24

End: 24

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Married	9699	18%
2	Living together like husband and wife	2727	5.1%
3	Widow/Widower	2989	5.5%
4	Divorced or separated	1005	1.9%
5	Never married	37520	69.6%

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

Every person who had stayed in the households in selected dwelling units at least four nights a week in the four weeks prior to the interview.

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Notes

This question is about the marital status of the members of the household. Both modern and traditional marriages are considered in this question.

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