Demographic and Health Survey 2003
Ghana, 2003
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Reference ID
GHA_2003_DHS_v01_M
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Sep 29, 2011
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Respondent's occupation (mv716)
Data file: MREC71
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
10
End:
12
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Not working |
| 1 | Physical Scientists |
| 2 | Architects |
| 3 | Engineers |
| 4 | Aircraft & ships officers |
| 5 | Life scientists |
| 6 | Medical and related workers |
| 7 | Dental/veterinary workers |
| 8 | Statisticians/SA/Matematicians |
| 9 | Economists/Other social scientists |
| 11 | Accountants |
| 12 | Jurists |
| 13 | Teachers |
| 14 | Religious workers |
| 15 | Authors/journalists |
| 16 | Creative artists (artists/sculptors/photographers |
| 17 | Composers/performing artists |
| 18 | Athletes/sportsmen |
| 19 | Professional/technical not yet classified |
| 20 | Legislative officials/govt administrators\ |
| 21 | Managers |
| 30 | Clerical supervisors |
| 31 | Govt executive officials |
| 32 | Stenographers/typists |
| 33 | Bookkeepers/cashiers |
| 34 | Data entry operators |
| 35 | Transport/communication supervisors |
| 36 | Transport conductors |
| 37 | Mail distribution clerks |
| 38 | Telephone/telegraph operators |
| 39 | Clerical/related workers unclassified |
| 40 | Wholesale/retail trade managers |
| 41 | Working proprietors |
| 42 | Sales supervisors/buyers |
| 43 | Technical salesmen |
| 44 | Insurance/real estate/securities/auctioneers |
| 45 | Salesmen/shop assistants |
| 46 | Wholesale market traders |
| 47 | Retail market traders |
| 48 | Hawkers/street vendors |
| 49 | Sales workers unclassified |
| 50 | Catering/lodgning managers |
| 51 | Working proprietors (catering/lodging |
| 52 | Housekeeping |
| 53 | Cooks/waiters/bartenders |
| 54 | Maids/related housekeeping service workers |
| 55 | Building caretakers/charworkers/cleaners |
| 56 | Launderers/dry-cleaners/pressers |
| 57 | Hairdressers/barbers/beauticians |
| 58 | Security/watchmen |
| 59 | Service workers unclassified |
| 60 | Farm managers/supervisors |
| 61 | Farmers |
| 62 | Agriculture/animal husbandry workers |
| 63 | Forestry workers |
| 64 | Fishermen/hunters |
| 70 | Production supervisors/foremen |
| 71 | Miners/quarrymen/well drillers |
| 72 | Metal processors |
| 73 | Wood preparation workers/paper makers |
| 74 | Chemical processors |
| 75 | Spinners/weavers/knitters/dye workers |
| 76 | Tanners/other leather workers |
| 77 | Food/beverage processors |
| 78 | Tobacco preparers/product makers |
| 79 | Tailors/dressmakers/upholsterers |
| 80 | Shoemakers/leather goods makers |
| 81 | Cabinet makers |
| 82 | Stone cutters/carvers |
| 83 | Blacksmiths/toolmakers/machine tool operators |
| 84 | Machinery fitters/precision instrument makers |
| 85 | Electrical fitters/electrical/electronic workers |
| 86 | Broadcasting station/sound equipment operators/cinema projec |
| 87 | Plumbers/welders/sheet metal workers |
| 88 | Jewellery/precious metal workers |
| 89 | Glass/ceramic workers |
| 90 | Rubber/plastic product makers |
| 91 | Paper/paperboard products makers |
| 92 | Printers/related workers |
| 93 | Painters |
| 94 | Production workers |
| 95 | Bricklayers/carpenters/other construction workers |
| 96 | Stationary engine operators |
| 97 | Dock/freight handlers |
| 98 | Transport equipment operators |
| 99 | Labourers not elsewhere classified |
| 100 | New workers seeking employment |
| 996 | Other |
| 998 | Don't know |
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.