Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2023
Quarter 3
South Africa, 2023
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023_QLFS-Q3_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
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Study field (Q18FIELD)
Data file: qlfs-2023-q3-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
5918
Invalid:
60136
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 38
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agriculture or Renewable natural resources | 102 |
1.7%
|
| 2 | Architecture or environmental design | 55 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | Arts; Visual or Performing | 104 |
1.8%
|
| 4 | Business; commerce and management studies | 1337 |
22.6%
|
| 5 | Communication | 92 |
1.6%
|
| 6 | Computer science | 245 |
4.1%
|
| 7 | Education; training or development | 1057 |
17.9%
|
| 8 | Engineering or engineering technology | 750 |
12.7%
|
| 9 | Health care or health sciences | 593 |
10%
|
| 10 | Home economics | 48 |
0.8%
|
| 11 | Industrial arts; traders or technology | 69 |
1.2%
|
| 12 | Languages; linguistic or literature | 19 |
0.3%
|
| 13 | Law | 195 |
3.3%
|
| 14 | Libraries or museums | 14 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | Life sciences or physical sciences | 51 |
0.9%
|
| 16 | Mathematical sciences | 19 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | Military sciences | 20 |
0.3%
|
| 18 | Philosophy; religion or theology | 37 |
0.6%
|
| 19 | Physical education or leisure | 19 |
0.3%
|
| 20 | Psychology | 50 |
0.8%
|
| 21 | Public administration or social services | 71 |
1.2%
|
| 22 | Social sciences or social studies | 41 |
0.7%
|
| 23 | Other | 143 |
2.4%
|
| 24 | Management | 69 |
1.2%
|
| 25 | Marketing | 52 |
0.9%
|
| 26 | Information technology and computer science | 70 |
1.2%
|
| 27 | Finance; economics and accounting | 144 |
2.4%
|
| 28 | Office administration | 67 |
1.1%
|
| 29 | Electrical infrastructure construction | 76 |
1.3%
|
| 30 | Civil engineering and building construction | 34 |
0.6%
|
| 31 | Engineering | 37 |
0.6%
|
| 32 | Primary agriculture | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | Hospitality | 44 |
0.7%
|
| 34 | Tourism | 34 |
0.6%
|
| 35 | Safety in society | 31 |
0.5%
|
| 36 | Mechatronics | 9 |
0.2%
|
| 37 | Education and development | 51 |
0.9%
|
| 38 | Other | 65 |
1.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 60136 |
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.