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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Previous occupation grouped (prevoccup)
Data file: qlfs-2025-q1-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
5149
Invalid:
61280
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legislators; senior officials and managers | 140 |
2.7%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 120 |
2.3%
|
| 3 | Technical and associate professionals | 254 |
4.9%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 513 |
10%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 940 |
18.3%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 24 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers | 655 |
12.7%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 310 |
6%
|
| 9 | Elementary Occupation | 1787 |
34.7%
|
| 10 | Domestic workers | 406 |
7.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 61280 |
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.