Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3
South Africa, 2025
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Reference ID
ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Feb 10, 2026
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Main reason absent from work (Q27RSNABSENT)
Data file: QLFS202503
Overview
Valid:
341
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
15
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health reasons (sic kness, illness, accident) | 26 |
7.6%
|
| 2 | Vacation leave, holi days | 141 |
41.3%
|
| 3 | Caring for family or other (except matern ity/paternity leave) | 3 |
0.9%
|
| 4 | Maternity or patern ity leave | 28 |
8.2%
|
| 5 | Other family/comm unity obligations (fun erals, meeting) | 5 |
1.5%
|
| 8 | Bad weather, natural disaster | 4 |
1.2%
|
| 11 | Temporarily laid off/reduction in economic activity | 70 |
20.5%
|
| 12 | Seasonal work (low or off-season) | 10 |
2.9%
|
| 13 | Start a new job/busi ness at a definite date in the future | 8 |
2.3%
|
| 15 | Other reason, specify | 46 |
13.5%
|
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.