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Afrobarometer Survey 1999, Round 1

Malawi, 1999
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MWI_1999_AFB-R1_v01_M
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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)
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What is your present or last occupation? (Q118)

Data file: mlw_r1_data.sav

Overview

Valid: 1208
Invalid: -
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 104
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1187
End: 1189
Width: 3
Range: 1 - 104
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
118. What is your present occupation or last occupation if unemployed?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Agricultural Development Officer 1
0.1%
2 Assistant Driver 2
0.2%
3 Àssistant Mechanic 1
0.1%
4 Assistant Accountant 4
0.3%
5 Auto Electrician 1
0.1%
6 Bank Clerk, 1
0.1%
7 Barber 1
0.1%
8 Bartender 1
0.1%
9 Basket Weaver 2
0.2%
10 Beer Brewer 4
0.3%
11 Bricklayer 5
0.4%
12 Builder 7
0.6%
13 Builder's Assistant 1
0.1%
14 Business 19
1.6%
15 Business Woman 37
3.1%
16 Businessman 61
5%
17 Butcher 2
0.2%
18 Buyer 2
0.2%
19 Carpenter 6
0.5%
20 Casual Labor 2
0.2%
21 Civil Servant 1
0.1%
22 Cleaner 1
0.1%
23 Clerk 9
0.7%
24 Clinical Officer 1
0.1%
25 Cobbler 1
0.1%
26 Computer Programmer 2
0.2%
27 Commercial Farmer 1
0.1%
28 Cook 2
0.2%
29 Court Clerk 1
0.1%
30 Court Messanger 2
0.2%
31 Craft Worker 1
0.1%
32 Data Clerk 1
0.1%
33 Dealer 1
0.1%
34 Division Officer 1
0.1%
35 Domestic Work 1
0.1%
36 Driver 12
1%
37 Electric Foreman 1
0.1%
38 Electrictian 1
0.1%
39 Employed 4
0.3%
40 Engineer 1
0.1%
41 Estate Supervisor 1
0.1%
42 Farmer 408
33.8%
43 Field Assistant 4
0.3%
44 Fisherman 3
0.2%
45 Foreman 1
0.1%
46 Framer 8
0.7%
47 Gardener 2
0.2%
48 Gateman 1
0.1%
49 Headmistress 1
0.1%
50 Health Advisor 1
0.1%
51 Health Survey Assistant 1
0.1%
52 Health Assistant 1
0.1%
53 Hotel Cook 1
0.1%
54 House Wife 102
8.4%
55 House Boy 1
0.1%
56 Labourer 14
1.2%
57 Lawyer 1
0.1%
58 Linesman 1
0.1%
59 Locomotive Driver 1
0.1%
60 Maize and Rice Farmer 46
3.8%
61 Maize Mill Supervisor 1
0.1%
62 Mechanic 7
0.6%
63 Messanger 2
0.2%
64 Miner 2
0.2%
65 Never Work 2
0.2%
66 Nurse 6
0.5%
67 Officer Clerk 1
0.1%
68 Pastor 1
0.1%
69 Patrol Man 2
0.2%
70 Photographer 2
0.2%
71 Police Officer 1
0.1%
72 Radio Repairer 2
0.2%
73 Railway Man 1
0.1%
74 Receptionist 5
0.4%
75 Refusal 1
0.1%
76 Revenue Collector 1
0.1%
77 Reverend 1
0.1%
78 Sales Manager 1
0.1%
79 Saleslady 5
0.4%
80 Salesman 3
0.2%
81 Sawyer 7
0.6%
82 Secretary 2
0.2%
83 Security Guard 14
1.2%
84 Senior Medical Assistant 1
0.1%
85 Shop Manager 10
0.8%
86 Social Worker 1
0.1%
87 Soldier 2
0.2%
88 Student 97
8%
89 Supervisor 3
0.2%
90 Surveyor 1
0.1%
91 Tailor 5
0.4%
92 Teacher 80
6.6%
93 Tenant 1
0.1%
94 Tinsmith 2
0.2%
95 Traditional Author 1
0.1%
96 Transport Officer 1
0.1%
97 Typist 1
0.1%
98 Unemployed 113
9.4%
99 Unitmarket Officer 1
0.1%
100 Vendor 3
0.2%
101 Vet Assistant 1
0.1%
102 Village Headman 3
0.2%
103 Welder 2
0.2%
104 Working Class 5
0.4%
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.
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