Sources:

1. October Household Survey 1995

2. Labour Force Surveys

3. September editions (Statistics South Africa)

Notes:

1. The official definition of employment defines the unemployed as those individuals within the economically active population who (a) did not work during the seven days prior to the interview, (b) want to work and are available to start work within two weeks of the interview, and (c) have taken active steps to look for work or to start some form of self-employment in the four weeks prior to the interview.

2. The expanded definition of employment defines the unemployed as those individuals within the economically active population who (a) did not work during the seven days prior to the interview and (b) want to work and are available to start work within two weeks of the interview. It differs from the official definition in that it omits that definition's criterion (c).

3. Prior to mid-2004, the reference period in criterion (b) of the unemployment definitions was one week.

4. 1995 data is re-weighted according to the 1996 Census. Data from 2000 onwards has been re-weighted according to the 2001 Census.