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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Feb 10, 2026

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Data file: QLFS202503

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Valid: 16006

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	As an employee	13043	81.5%
2	In your own business	2752	17.2%
3	Helping in a family or household business	107	0.7%
4	As a paid apprentice, intern	91	0.6%
5	Helping a family member who works for someone else	13	0.1%

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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