AHRI.Labour Statuses
South Africa, 2000 - 2024
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AHRI.LabourStatuses
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Dr Kobus Herbst, Dr Guy Harling, Dr Mark Siedner, Prof Willem Hanekom
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Feb 19, 2026
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Current Employment (CurrentEmployment)
Data file: LabourStatuses
Overview
Valid:
1176085
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
63
Range:
0 - 202
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Unknown employment status | 89969 |
7.6%
|
| 1 | Currently employed | 331305 |
28.2%
|
| 2 | Currently part-time employed | 49067 |
4.2%
|
| 3 | Pensioner | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Not looking for work | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Other | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Unemployed due to caring for others/household duties | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | Unemployed due to caring for others/household duties | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Unemployed and looking for a job | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Unemployed but in school or undergoing other education/training | 106937 |
9.1%
|
| 14 | Unemployed and unable to work due to illness/disability | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | Not currently in employment | 598807 |
50.9%
|
| 202 | Work for themselves | 0 |
0%
|
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.