Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 1
South Africa, 2025
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Reference ID
ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q1_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jul 08, 2025
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Study field (Q18FIELD)
Data file: qlfs-2025-q1-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
6102
Invalid:
60327
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 38
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agriculture or Renewable natural resources | 93 |
1.5%
|
| 2 | Architecture or environmental design | 59 |
1%
|
| 3 | Arts; Visual or Performing | 109 |
1.8%
|
| 4 | Business; commerce and management studies | 1390 |
22.8%
|
| 5 | Communication | 102 |
1.7%
|
| 6 | Computer science | 187 |
3.1%
|
| 7 | Education; training or development | 1027 |
16.8%
|
| 8 | Engineering or engineering technology | 746 |
12.2%
|
| 9 | Health care or health sciences | 602 |
9.9%
|
| 10 | Home economics | 40 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Industrial arts; traders or technology | 77 |
1.3%
|
| 12 | Languages; linguistic or literature | 17 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Law | 223 |
3.7%
|
| 14 | Libraries or museums | 15 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | Life sciences or physical sciences | 39 |
0.6%
|
| 16 | Mathematical sciences | 12 |
0.2%
|
| 17 | Military sciences | 15 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | Philosophy; religion or theology | 39 |
0.6%
|
| 19 | Physical education or leisure | 18 |
0.3%
|
| 20 | Psychology | 65 |
1.1%
|
| 21 | Public administration or social services | 81 |
1.3%
|
| 22 | Social sciences or social studies | 43 |
0.7%
|
| 23 | Other | 170 |
2.8%
|
| 24 | Management | 90 |
1.5%
|
| 25 | Marketing | 61 |
1%
|
| 26 | Information technology and computer science | 107 |
1.8%
|
| 27 | Finance; economics and accounting | 176 |
2.9%
|
| 28 | Office administration | 69 |
1.1%
|
| 29 | Electrical infrastructure construction | 61 |
1%
|
| 30 | Civil engineering and building construction | 36 |
0.6%
|
| 31 | Engineering | 93 |
1.5%
|
| 32 | Primary agriculture | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | Hospitality | 28 |
0.5%
|
| 34 | Tourism | 32 |
0.5%
|
| 35 | Safety in society | 40 |
0.7%
|
| 36 | Mechatronics | 12 |
0.2%
|
| 37 | Education and development | 39 |
0.6%
|
| 38 | Other | 84 |
1.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 60327 |
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.