Table 8 Sample sizes and weighted population estimates, by year and quarter.
From: Lockdown stringency and employment formality: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
2019Q1 | 2019Q2 | 2020Q1 | 2020Q2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Weighted estimate | N | Weighted estimate | N | Weighted estimate | N | Weighted estimate | |
Total | 67,480 | 57,071,059 | 67,626 | 57,251,253 | 66,657 | 57,792,395 | 47,103 | 57,973,917 |
(548,901) | (551,886) | (575,263) | (803,347) | |||||
Working-age population | 42,024 | 38,282,909 | 42,210 | 38,432,975 | 41,827 | 38,873,945 | 29,495 | 39,021,017 |
(379,362) | (380,014) | (393,488) | (547,142) | |||||
Employed | 17,490 | 16,291,436 | 17,414 | 16,312,706 | 17,044 | 16,382,555 | 10,001 | 14,148,215 |
(185,895) | (191,220) | (196,425) | (246,679) | |||||
Unemployed (broad definition) | 10,959 | 9,994,457 | 11,244 | 10,226,485 | 11,577 | 10,796,924 | 7624 | 10,259,336 |
(161,116) | (160,964) | (169,914) | (221,937) | |||||
Economically inactive (broad definition) | 13,575 | 11,997,016 | 13,552 | 11,893,784 | 13,206 | 11,694,466 | 11,870 | 14,613,465 |
(178,093) | (171,581) | (168,282) | (263,776) | |||||