Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3

South Africa, 2025

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ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Feb 10, 2026

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How soon are you expecting to start work or a business (Q33AWHNSTART)

Data file: QLFS202503

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Valid: 69

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Within 1 month or less	27	39.1%
2	In more than 1 month to 3 month	10	14.5%
3	In more than 3 month	32	46.4%

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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