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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Feb 19, 2026
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- LabourStatuses
Reason/s for unemployment (Unemployment)
Data file: LabourStatuses
Overview
Valid:
772210
Invalid:
403875
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
23
Range:
0 - 8480
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Unknown | 17856 |
2.3%
|
| 1 | Studying | 116010 |
15%
|
| 2 | Looking for work | 236879 |
30.7%
|
| 3 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 4 | Retired | 39479 |
5.1%
|
| 8 | Sick/injured | 16958 |
2.2%
|
| 16 | Pregnant/Own Child Care | 14778 |
1.9%
|
| 32 | Other's Child Care | 9362 |
1.2%
|
| 64 | Care for sick/injured | 1266 |
0.2%
|
| 128 | Retrenched | 5339 |
0.7%
|
| 256 | Nothing (Not looking) | 295571 |
38.3%
|
| 512 | Other | 8175 |
1.1%
|
| 1024 | Don't know | 9632 |
1.2%
|
| 2048 | Refused | 694 |
0.1%
|
| 4096 | Seasonal | 8 |
0%
|
| 8192 | Disabled | 200 |
0%
|
| 8480 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Sysmiss | 403875 |
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.