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Statistical releaseP0211

Quarterly Labour Force Survey

Quarter 1: 2017

Embargoed until: 01 June 2017

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Contents

Page

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 1

2. Highlights of the results ................................................................................................................................................ 1

3. Employment .................................................................................................................................................................. 2

3.1 Conditions of employment for employees .................................................................................................................. 8

4. Unemployment .............................................................................................................................................................. 9

5. Summary of labour market measures at a glance, Q1: 2017 .................................................................................... 12

6. Other labour market trends ......................................................................................................................................... 13

6.1 Year-on-year changes .............................................................................................................................................. 13

6.2 Trends in unemployment rate ................................................................................................................................... 14

7. Key differences between the Quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) and the Quarterly employment survey (QES) . 15

8.1 Response details ...................................................................................................................................................... 17

8.2 Survey requirements and design .............................................................................................................................. 17

8.3 Sample rotation ......................................................................................................................................................... 18

8.4 Weighting ................................................................................................................................................................. 18

8.5 Non-response adjustment ......................................................................................................................................... 18

8.6 Final survey weights ................................................................................................................................................. 18

8.7 Estimation ................................................................................................................................................................. 18

8.8 Reliability of the survey estimates ............................................................................................................................ 19

9. Definitions ................................................................................................................................................................. 19

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List of Tables

Table A: Key labour market indicators ......................................................................................................... 1

Table B: Employment by industry ................................................................................................................ 2

Table C: Employment by occupation ........................................................................................................... 4

Table D: Employment by province ............................................................................................................... 6

Table E: Employment by province and municipality ..................................................................................... 7

Table F: Unemployment rate by province .................................................................................................... 9

Table G: Unemployment rate by metropolitan municipality .........................................................................10

Table H: Key differences between the QLFS and the QES .........................................................................16

Table I: Response rates by province and metropolitan area .......................................................................17

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List of Figures

Figure 1: Quarter-to-quarter changes in employment, Q1:2010 to Q1:2017 ............................................................. 2

Figure 2: Quarter-to-quarter changes in employment by sector, Q1: 2010 to Q1: 2017 ........................................... 3

Figure 3: Quarter-to-quarter and year-on-year changes in the formal sector by industry ......................................... 3

Figure 4: Quarter-to-quarter and year-on-year changes in the informal sector by industry ...................................... 4

Figure 5: Share of employed men by occupation and population group, Q1: 2016 and Q1: 2017 ........................... 5

Figure 6: Share of employed women by occupation and population group, Q1: 2016 and Q1: 2017 ...................... 5

Figure 7: Share of employed persons by education and population group, Q1: 2016 and Q1: 2017 ....................... 6

Figure 8: Quarter-to-quarter changes in nature of employment contract .................................................................. 8

Figure 9: Year-on-year changes in nature of employment contract .......................................................................... 8

Figure 10: Quarter-to-quarter changes in unemployment, Q1: 2010 to Q1: 2017 .................................................... 9

Figure 11: NEET rates for youth aged 15-24 years by sex and age group, Q1: 2016 and Q1: 2017 ..................... 11

Figure 12: Year-on-year changes in total employment, Q1: 2009 to Q1: 2017. ...................................................... 13

Figure 13: Year-on-year changes in formal-sector employment, Q1: 2009 to Q1: 2017 ........................................ 13

Figure 14: Year-on-year changes in informal-sector employment, Q1: 2009 to Q1: 2017 ...................................... 13

Figure 15: Unemployment rate by sex, Q1: 2008 to Q1: 2017 ................................................................................ 13

Figure 16: Unemployment rate by education status, Q1: 2008 to Q1: 2017 ........................................................... 14

Figure 17: Formal sector employment trends in QLFS and QES, Q1: 2010 to Q4: 2016 ....................................... 16

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Appendix 1

Table 1: Population of working age (1564 years) ......................................................................................................... 21

Table 2: Labour force characteristics by sex All population groups ............................................................................ 22

Table 2.1: Labour force characteristics by population group .......................................................................................... 24

Table 2.2: Labour force characteristics by age group .................................................................................................... 26

Table 2.3: Labour force characteristics by province and metro ...................................................................................... 28

Table 2.4: Labour force characteristics by sex Expanded definition of unemployment .............................................. 40

Table 2.5: Labour force characteristics by population group Expanded definition of unemployment ......................... 42

Table 2.6: Labour force characteristics by age group Expanded definition of unemployment .................................... 44

Table 2.7: Labour force characteristics by province and metro Expanded definition of unemployment ..................... 46

Table 3.1: Employed by industry and sex South Africa ............................................................................................... 54

Table 3.2: Employed by industry and province ............................................................................................................... 55

Table 3.3: E