Afrobarometer Survey 2005, Round 3
South Africa, 2005
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Q95. Main occupation (q95)
Data file: saf-r3_data_0.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1197
End:
1199
Width:
3
Range:
0 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
95. What is your main occupation? (If unemployed, retired or disabled, what was your last main occupation?)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | Never had a job | 506 |
21.1%
|
| 1 | Subsistence farmer (own consumption only) | 16 |
0.7%
|
| 2 | Peasant farmer (own consumption and sale) | 14 |
0.6%
|
| 3 | Commercial farmer (mainly for sale) | 12 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | Farm worker | 127 |
5.3%
|
| 5 | Fisherman | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Trader/Hawker/Vendor | 71 |
3%
|
| 7 | Miner | 54 |
2.3%
|
| 8 | Domestic worker/ maid | 197 |
8.2%
|
| 9 | Police/ Security/ Military | 50 |
2.1%
|
| 10 | Artisan/skilled, formal sector | 147 |
6.1%
|
| 11 | Artisan/skilled, informal sector | 30 |
1.3%
|
| 12 | Clerical worker | 105 |
4.4%
|
| 13 | Unskilled manual, formal sector | 268 |
11.2%
|
| 14 | Unskilled manual, informal sector | 96 |
4%
|
| 15 | Businessperson (works for others) | 87 |
3.6%
|
| 16 | Businessperson (own business, less than 10) | 62 |
2.6%
|
| 17 | Businessperson (own business, 10 or more) | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 18 | Professional worker | 65 |
2.7%
|
| 19 | Supervisor/ Foreman | 25 |
1%
|
| 20 | Teacher | 83 |
3.5%
|
| 21 | Government worker | 57 |
2.4%
|
| 22 | Retail worker | 50 |
2.1%
|
| 23 | Student | 106 |
4.4%
|
| 24 | Housewife/ work in household | 114 |
4.8%
|
| 990 | Unemployed | 0 |
0%
|
| 991 | Retired | 0 |
0%
|
| 992 | Disabled | 0 |
0%
|
| 993 | Anything | 0 |
0%
|
| 995 | Other | 26 |
1.1%
|
| 998 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | Don't know | 16 |
0.7%
|
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.