Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 1
South Africa, 2025
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ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q1_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jul 08, 2025
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- qlfs-2025-q1-worker-v1
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2025-q1-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
4675
Invalid:
61754
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaiting the seasonal work | 76 |
1.6%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 44 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 127 |
2.7%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 20 |
0.4%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 39 |
0.8%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 265 |
5.7%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 35 |
0.7%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 3104 |
66.4%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 280 |
6%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 125 |
2.7%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 321 |
6.9%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 2 |
0%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 113 |
2.4%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 30 |
0.6%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 7 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 87 |
1.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 61754 |
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.