Quality of Life Survey 2023-2024
Round 7

South Africa, 2023 - 2024

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ZAF_2023_QoLS-R7_v01_M

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Gauteng City-Region Observatory

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May 05, 2025

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Q10.5.a - How long has it been since you last worked? (q10_5a_last_worked)

Data file: qols-2023-2024

Overview

Valid: 6969

Invalid: 6826

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 847

End: 848

Width: 2

Range: -1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing due to skip	0	0%
1	Less than a monthjob	203	2.9%
2	1 month to less than 6 months	309	4.4%
3	6 months to less than 1 year	424	6.1%
4	1 year to less than 3 years	803	11.5%
5	3 years or more	3566	51.2%
6	Never worked before	1519	21.8%
7	Dont know	145	2.1%
Sysmiss		6826

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.

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