Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2021, Quarter 1
South Africa, 2021
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- qlfs-2021-q1-worker-v1
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2021-q1-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
3140
Invalid:
42562
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
16
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
60
End:
61
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaiting the seasonal work | 17 |
0.5%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 34 |
1.1%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 77 |
2.5%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 10 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 185 |
5.9%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 8 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 2031 |
64.7%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 91 |
2.9%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 46 |
1.5%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 191 |
6.1%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 78 |
2.5%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 12 |
0.4%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 1 |
0%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 355 |
11.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 42562 |
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.