Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2024
Quarter 2
South Africa, 2024
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Reference ID
ZAF_2024_QLFS-Q2_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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May 05, 2025
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- qlfs-2024-q2-worker-v1
Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)
Data file: qlfs-2024-q2-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
237
Invalid:
66309
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 14
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reasons | 33 |
13.9%
|
| 2 | Vacation leave | 71 |
30%
|
| 3 | Caring for family or others | 6 |
2.5%
|
| 4 | Maternity or paternity leave | 20 |
8.4%
|
| 5 | Other family/community obligations | 11 |
4.6%
|
| 6 | Strike/Stay-Away/Lockout | 1 |
0.4%
|
| 8 | Bad weather | 2 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | Study or training leave | 1 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity | 47 |
19.8%
|
| 12 | Seasonal work | 11 |
4.6%
|
| 13 | Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future | 6 |
2.5%
|
| 14 | Other reason | 28 |
11.8%
|
| Sysmiss | 66309 |
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.