Demographic and Health Survey 1998
Ghana, 1998 - 1999
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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Respondent's occupation (v716)
Data file: REC71
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
27
End:
28
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Not working |
| 1 | Physical scientists and rel. techn. |
| 2 | Architects |
| 3 | Engineers and related techn. |
| 4 | Aircraft and ship officers |
| 5 | Life scientists and rel. tech. |
| 6 | Medical, dental, veterinary and rel. workers |
| 7 | Professional nurses |
| 8 | Statisticians, mathematicians, system anal. and rel. workers |
| 9 | Economists |
| 11 | Accountants |
| 12 | Jurists (eg. lawyers, judges) |
| 13 | Teachers |
| 14 | Workers in religion |
| 15 | Authors, journalists and rel. workers |
| 16 | Sculptors, painters, photographers and rel. creative art. |
| 17 | Composers and performing artists |
| 18 | Athletes, sportsmen and rel. workers |
| 19 | Professional, technical & rel. workers not elsewhere class. |
| 20 | Legislative officers and government workers |
| 21 | Managers (excluding farm managers) |
| 30 | Clerical and related workers |
| 31 | Government executive officials |
| 32 | Stenographers, typists and data entry operators |
| 33 | Book-keepers, cashiers and related workers |
| 34 | Computer machine operators |
| 35 | Transport and communications supervisors |
| 36 | Transport conductors |
| 37 | Mail distribution clerks |
| 38 | Telephone and telegraph operators |
| 39 | Clerical and related workers not elsewhere class. |
| 40 | Managers (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 41 | Working proprietors (wholesale and retail trade) |
| 42 | Sales supervisors and buyers |
| 43 | Technical salesmen, commercial travellers and man. agents |
| 44 | Insurance, real estate and business serv. salesmen and auct. |
| 45 | Salesmen, shop assistants and related workers |
| 49 | Sales workers not elsewhere classified |
| 50 | Managers (catering, lodging service) |
| 51 | Working proprietors (catering and lodging services) |
| 52 | Housekeeping and related service supervisors |
| 53 | Cooks, waiters, bartenders and related workers |
| 54 | Maids and rel. housekeeping service workers |
| 55 | Building caretakers, charworkers, cleaners and rel. workers |
| 56 | Launderers, dry-cleaners and pressers |
| 57 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers |
| 58 | Protective service workers |
| 59 | Service workers not elsewhere classified |
| 60 | Farm managers and supervisors |
| 61 | Farmers |
| 62 | Agricultural and animal husbandry workers |
| 63 | Forestry workers |
| 64 | Fishermen, hunters and related workers |
| 69 | Unemployed and new workers searching for employment |
| 70 | Production supervisors and general foremen |
| 71 | Miners, quarrymen, well drillers and related workers |
| 72 | Metal processors |
| 73 | Wood preparation workers and paper makers |
| 74 | Chemical processors and related workers |
| 75 | Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and related workers |
| 76 | Tanners, fishmongers and pelt pressers |
| 77 | Food and beverage processors |
| 78 | Tobacco preparers and tobacco product makers |
| 79 | Tailors, dressmakers, sewers, upholsterers, and rel. workers |
| 80 | Shoemakers and leather goods makers |
| 81 | Cabinet makers and related wood workers |
| 82 | Stone carvers and stone cutters |
| 83 | Blacksmith, toolmakers and machine tool operators |
| 84 | Machinery, fitters, machine assemblers and prec. inst. maker |
| 85 | Electrical fitters and rel. electrical and electronics work. |
| 86 | Broadcasting stations, sound equipment and cinema operators |
| 87 | Plumbers, welders, sheet-metal and strucural metal preparers |
| 88 | Juwelry and precious metal workers |
| 89 | Glass formers, potters and related workers |
| 90 | Rubber and plastic product makers |
| 91 | Paper and paperboard product makers |
| 92 | Printers and related workers |
| 93 | Painters |
| 94 | Production and rel. workers not elsewhere classified |
| 95 | Bricklayers, carpenters and other construction workers |
| 96 | Stationary engine and related equipment workers |
| 97 | Mat. handling and rel. eq. workers, dockers, freight handler |
| 98 | Transport equipment operators |
| 99 | Labourers not elsewhere classified |
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.