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| THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT PICTURE | 216 |
| Labour market trends | 216 |
| Labour market trends 2001 and 2012 | 216 |
| Labour market trends, 2011–12 | 217 |
| Change in labour market indicators, 2001–12 and 2011–12 | 218 |
| Employment, unemployment, and discouraged workseekers, 1994–2012 | 218 |
| Change in employment and GDP, 1995–2012 | 219 |
| Dependency on employed population, 1994–2012 | 220 |
| Labour market participation and absorption rates | 220 |
| Labour market participation by race, 1994–2012 | 221 |
| Labour market participation rate, 1994–2012 | 221 |
| Labour market participation rate by race and sex, 2012 | 222 |
| Factors affecting labour market participation, 2011 | 222 |
| Labour market participation and social grants | 223 |
| Labour force participation and unemployment rates, selected countries, 1990 and 2010 | 224 |
| Labour force participation and unemployment rates, emerging markets, 1990 and 2010 | 225 |
| Labour force absorption rate by race, 2001–12 | 226 |
| Labour market participation and absorption rates, 2001–12 | 226 |
| Economically active population | 227 |
| Definition | 227 |
| Economically active population by race, 2001–12 | 227 |
| Economically active population by race, 2012 | 228 |
| Economically active population by race and sex, 2012 | 228 |
| EMPLOYMENT | 229 |
| Stats SA vs Adcorp estimates of employment | 229 |
| Employment by race, 1994–2012 | 229 |
| Overall employment by economic sector and industry | 230 |
| Overall employment by economic sector and industry, 2001–12 | 230 |
| Change in overall employment by economic sector and industry, 2001–12 and 2011–12 | 231 |
| Employment by industry, sex, and race | 232 |
| Employment by industry and sex, 2001 and 2012 | 232 |
| Employment by industry, sex, and race, 2012 (actual numbers) | 233 |
| Employment by industry, sex, and race, 2012 (proportions) | 234 |
| Employment by occupation | 235 |
| Employment by occupation, 2001 and 2012 | 235 |
| Employment by occupation, race, and sex, 2012 (actual numbers) | 236 |
| Employment by occupation, race, and sex, 2012 (proportions) | 237 |
| Employment equity | 238 |
| Employment equity employment by occupation, race, and sex, 2011 | 238 |
| Employment equity top management employment by race, sex, and industry, 2011 | 239 |
| Employment equity proportion of employed with disabilities, 2001–11 | 239 |
| Employment in management by race and sex, 2000–11 | 240 |
| Top management by race and sex, 2011 | 240 |
| Employment equity in context, 2011 | 241 |
| Black employees in the workforce at different levels of seniority, 1996–2011 | 242 |
| Segments of the working population | 243 |
| Non-agricultural, non-domestic formal sector | 243 |
| Non-agricultural, non-domestic, formal private and public sector employment, 2011–12 | 243 |
| Non-agricultural, non-domestic, formal private and public sector employment, 2006–12 | 244 |
| Informal sector | 245 |
| Informal sector employment (non-agricultural) by industry, 2006–12 | 245 |
| Agriculture | 245 |
| Employment in agriculture by sector, 2001–12 | 245 |
| Paid workers in the formal agricultural sector, 2007–09 | 246 |
| Private households | 246 |
| Employment in private households, 2001–12 | 246 |
| Employment in the public sector | 247 |
| The public service | 247 |
| State employees as a proportion of total employment, 1999–2011 | 247 |
| State employees by province and sex, 2011 | 248 |
| State employees by province and race (actual numbers), 2011 | 248 |
| State employees by province and race (proportions), 2011 | 248 |
| State employees by race and sex, 2011 | 249 |
| State employees by level of management, 2010 | 249 |
| State employees with disabilities by province, 2010 | 250 |
| Employees in national departments by race, 2011 | 251 |
| State-owned enterprises and public institutions | 252 |
| Employees in state-owned enterprises and public institutions by race, 2011 | 252 |
| Employees of general government | 253 |
| Employees by level of government, 2011 | 253 |
| Expanded Public Works Programme | 254 |
| Number and average length of work opportunities created by the EPWP, 2004/05–2011/12 | 254 |
| Characteristics of the employed | 254 |
| Employment by age group, 2012 | 254 |
| Employment by highest level of education, 2012 | 255 |
| Job creation | 255 |
| Factors affecting job creation, emerging market comparisons, 2000–09 | 255 |
| Job creation in public sector programmes | 256 |
| UNEMPLOYMENT | 257 |
| Statistics | 258 |
| Unemployment numbers by race, 1994–2012 (official definition) | 258 |
| Number of unemployed (official definition), 1994–2012 | 258 |
| Unemployment numbers by race, 1994–2012 (expanded definition) | 259 |
| Number of unemployed (expanded definition), 1994–2012 | 259 |
| Unemployment rate by race, 1994–2012 (official definition) | 260 |
| Unemployment rate (official definition), 1994–2012 | 260 |
| Unemployment rate by race, 1994–2012 (expanded definition) | 261 |
| Unemployment rate (expanded definition), 1994–2012 | 261 |
| Characteristics of the unemployed (official definition) | 262 |
| Unemployment by industry and occupation, 2012 | 262 |
| Categories of unemployed people, 2012 | 262 |
| Unemployment by age group, 2012 | 263 |
| Unemployment rate by age group, 2012 | 263 |
| Unemployment numbers and rates by age, race, and sex, 2012 | 264 |
| Unemployment by highest level of education, 2012 | 265 |
| Unemployment by length of time, 2012 | 265 |
| Job search activities of the unemployed, 2011 | 266 |
| Top five job search activities of the unemployed, 2011 | 266 |
| International comparisons | 267 |
| Unemployment rates, international comparisons, 2012 | 267 |
| UNDERUTILISATION AND NON-PARTICIPATION OF LABOUR | 268 |
| Not economically active | 268 |
| Persons not economically active, 2012 | 268 |
| Discouraged workseekers | 269 |
| Discouraged workseekers by race, 2001–12 | 269 |
| Discouraged workseekers by race and sex, 2011–12 | 270 |
| Change in discouraged workseekers by race, 2011–12 | 270 |
| LABOUR SHORTAGES | 271 |
| Job vacancies by industry, 2011 | 271 |
| Job vacancies by occupation, 2011 | 271 |
| Job vacancies by level of education required, 2011 | 272 |
| PROVINCIAL LABOUR MARKET DATA | 273 |
| Overall data | 273 |
| Economically active population by province, 2012 | 273 |
| Trends | 273 |
| Labour market trends by province, 2011–12 | 273 |
| Change in unemployment rate by province, 2011–12 | 275 |
| Unemployment | 276 |
| Unemployment numbers by province, 2005–12 | 276 |
| Unemployment rate by province, 2005–12 | 276 |
| MUNICIPAL LABOUR MARKET DATA | 277 |
| Labour market status | 277 |
| Labour market status by district municipality, 2011 | 277 |
| Employment by industry and district municipality, 2011 | 279 |