AHRI.Labour Statuses
South Africa, 2000 - 2023
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AHRI.Labour.Statuses
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Dr Kobus Herbst, Dr Guy Harling, Dr Mark Siedner, Prof Willem Hanekom
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May 05, 2025
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- LabourStatuses
Reason/s for unemployment (Unemployment)
Data file: LabourStatuses
Overview
Valid:
680743
Invalid:
392934
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
23
Range:
0 - 8192
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Studying | 110601 |
16.2%
|
| 2 | Looking for work | 214557 |
31.5%
|
| 4 | Retired | 18316 |
2.7%
|
| 8 | Sick/injured | 12334 |
1.8%
|
| 16 | Pregnant/Own Child Care | 14326 |
2.1%
|
| 32 | Other's Child Care | 7416 |
1.1%
|
| 64 | Care for sick/injured | 1225 |
0.2%
|
| 128 | Retrenched | 1236 |
0.2%
|
| 256 | Nothing (Not looking) | 282409 |
41.5%
|
| 512 | Other | 8076 |
1.2%
|
| 1024 | Don't know | 9554 |
1.4%
|
| 2048 | Refused | 693 |
0.1%
|
| 4096 | Seasonal | 0 |
0%
|
| 8192 | Disabled | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 392934 |
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.