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Integrated Labour Force Survey 2025

Tanzania, 2025
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TZA-NBS-2025-v01
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NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN
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Jul 15, 2026
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Q15C. Why didn't you look for work during the past four weeks? (q15c)

Data file: ILFS2025_URT_For_Public

Overview

Valid: 23753
Invalid: 37136
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 17
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Believed no jobs were available 463
1.9%
2 Stopped searching; no jobs in my area 292
1.2%
3 Waiting for response from previous applications 57
0.2%
4 No jobs matching my skills 284
1.2%
5 Considered too young/too old by employers 95
0.4%
6 Waiting to start arranged job/business/farming 358
1.5%
7 Retired 145
0.6%
8 Do not want to work 373
1.6%
9 Full-time student 12971
54.6%
10 Child/elderly 4840
20.4%
11 Permanently disabled/ill 1007
4.2%
12 Family did not allow me 271
1.1%
13 Spouse did not allow me 441
1.9%
14 Not farming season 206
0.9%
15 Engaged in household duties 1257
5.3%
16 Temporarily ill 342
1.4%
17 Other (specify) 351
1.5%
Sysmiss 37136
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.
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