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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Type of business or enterprise (Q415TYPEBUSNS)

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

Overview

Valid: 12023

Invalid: 41917

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 121

End: 121

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	National/provincial/local government	2208	18.4%
2	Government controlled business (e.g. Eskom; Telkom)	181	1.5%
3	A private enterprise	8218	68.4%
4	Non-profit organisation (NGO/CBO)	178	1.5%
5	A private household	1213	10.1%
6	Do not know	24	0.2%
9	Unspecified	1	0%
Sysmiss		41917

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 economically active in the seven days prior to the interview, who were employees, employers, self-employed, and persons helping unpaid in a household business.

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Notes

This question seeks to ascertain how many people were working for the government and NGOs as well as the numbers working for private companies, and those who were self-employed.

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