7.1% of employed people did some form of uncompensated work to benefit the community in the last 12 months. For unemployed people, the figure is 4.4% (LFS 2006)

This week’s theme: Unemployment in South Africa

1 in 4 single men between the ages of 25-44 are unemployed and currently living with their parents. (AMPS2007)

This week’s theme: Unemployment in South Africa

The unemployment rate (expanded definition) for South Africans with no schooling is 31%. For those whose with at least some schooling, but no degree or diploma, the rate is 41%. (LFS 2006)

This week’s theme: Unemployment in South Africa

There are 4 million economically active South Africans aged 15 to 24. 2.6 million (64%) of them are unemployed (using the expanded definition of unemployment). (LFS 2006)

This week’s theme: Unemployment in South Africa

There are 4.4 million unemployed adults in South Africa (excluding those not economically active). A third of them have been looking for work for three years or more. (Labour Force Survey, September 2007)

This week’s theme: Unemployment in South Africa

31% of South African high school learners attending public schools have smoked a cigarette. For the Western Cape the figure is 51%. (South African Health Review, 2003/04)

This week’s theme: National Children’s Day

17% of South Africa high school learners attending public schools are overweight. 9% are underweight. (South African Health Review, 2003/04)

This week’s theme: National Children’s Day

31% of the South African population is aged 14 or younger, down from 34% in 1996. (For Japan the proportion is 14%, for Uganda, 50%) (Community Survey, 2007, Human Development Report, 2006)

This week’s theme: National Children’s Day

15% of South African adults who have young or unmarried children purchased childrens’ clothing at Jet Stores in the last 3 months, nearly double the proportion for the next most popular store, Ackermans. (AMPS2007A)

This week’s theme: National Children’s Day

The number of black children under the age of 15 in South Africa has increased by 14% since 1996, to 12.7 million. Numbers for white children show a decline of 14%, to 778,000. (Census 1996, Community Survey 2007)

This week’s theme: National Children’s Day