Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013

South Africa, 2013

Reference ID

ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q4_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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May 19, 2014

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Unemployment status (Unempl_Status)

Data file: QLFS_2013_04_F1

Overview

Valid: 87523

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 239

End: 239

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not applicable
1	Job loser
2	Job leaver
3	New entrant
4	Re-entrant
5	Other - last worked >5 years ago

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.

Description

Definition

Unemployed persons are those (aged 15-64 years) who:

a) Were not employed in the reference week.
b) Actively looked for work or tried to start a business in the four weeks preceding the survey interview. c) Were available for work i.e would have been able to start work or a business in the reference week.

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