Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2022
South Africa, 2022
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Reference ID
ZAF_2022_LMDSA_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 12, 2025
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Aug 12, 2025
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- lmdsa-2022-v1
Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)
Data file: lmdsa-2022-v1
Overview
Valid:
870
Invalid:
234063
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 14
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reasons | 96 |
11%
|
| 2 | Vacation leave | 347 |
39.9%
|
| 3 | Caring for family or others | 10 |
1.1%
|
| 4 | Maternity or paternity leave | 100 |
11.5%
|
| 5 | Other family/community obligations | 26 |
3%
|
| 6 | Strike/Stay-away/Lockout | 18 |
2.1%
|
| 7 | Problems with transport | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Bad weather | 16 |
1.8%
|
| 9 | Study or training leave | 6 |
0.7%
|
| 10 | Unrest (Violence) | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/Reduction in economic activity | 115 |
13.2%
|
| 12 | Seasonal work | 24 |
2.8%
|
| 13 | Start a new job/business at a definite date in the future | 11 |
1.3%
|
| 14 | Other reason | 99 |
11.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 234063 |
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.