Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2023
Quarter 4
South Africa, 2023
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023_QLFS-Q4_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
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Aug 11, 2025
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- qlfs-2023-q4-worker-v1
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2023-q4-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
4040
Invalid:
62446
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaiting the seasonal work | 75 |
1.9%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 42 |
1%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 116 |
2.9%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 14 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 20 |
0.5%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 257 |
6.4%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 31 |
0.8%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 2761 |
68.3%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 121 |
3%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 131 |
3.2%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 273 |
6.8%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 1 |
0%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 111 |
2.7%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 22 |
0.5%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 61 |
1.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 62446 |
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.