Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013

South Africa, 2013

Reference ID

ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q1_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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May 19, 2014

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Long-term unemployment (Long_term_unempl)

Data file: qlfs_2013_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85192

Valid: 52714819.335

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 2

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 252

End: 252

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not applicable
1	Long-term unemployment (1 year and longer)
2	Short-term unemployment (less than 1 year)

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.

Description

Definition

Derived variable:
Long-term unemployment: Persons in long-term unemployment are those individuals among the unemployed who are without work and trying to find a job or start a business for one year or more.
Derived from Question 3.6: For how long have you been without work and trying to find a job or start a business?

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