Quality of Life Survey 2023-2024
Round 7
South Africa, 2023 - 2024
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ZAF_2023_QoLS-R7_v01_M
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Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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- qols-2023-2024
Q10.10 - What kind of work do you usually do? In other words, what is your occup (q10_10_occupation_submaj)
Data file: qols-2023-2024
Overview
Valid:
6815
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
1125
End:
1209
Width:
85
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Managers | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 11. Chief executives, senior officials and legislators | 16 |
0.2%
|
|
| 12. Administrative and commercial managers | 376 |
5.5%
|
|
| 13. Production and specialised services managers | 201 |
2.9%
|
|
| 21. Science and engineering professionals | 136 |
2%
|
|
| 22. Health professionals | 150 |
2.2%
|
|
| 23. Teaching professionals | 317 |
4.7%
|
|
| 24. Business and administration professionals | 246 |
3.6%
|
|
| 25. Information and communication technology professionals | 159 |
2.3%
|
|
| 26. Legal, social and cultural professionals | 120 |
1.8%
|
|
| 31. Science and engineering associate professionals | 31 |
0.5%
|
|
| 32. Health associate professionals | 34 |
0.5%
|
|
| 33. Business and administration associate professionals | 145 |
2.1%
|
|
| 34. Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals | 60 |
0.9%
|
|
| 35. Information and communications technicians | 35 |
0.5%
|
|
| 41. General and keyboard clerks | 306 |
4.5%
|
|
| 42. Customer services clerks | 82 |
1.2%
|
|
| 43. Numerical and material recording clerks | 47 |
0.7%
|
|
| 44. Other clerical support workers | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 51. Personal service workers | 756 |
11.1%
|
|
| 52. Sales workers | 825 |
12.1%
|
|
| 53. Personal care workers | 8 |
0.1%
|
|
| 54. Protective service workers and armed forces occupations | 408 |
6%
|
|
| 61. Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers | 57 |
0.8%
|
|
| 62. Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 63. Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 71. Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians | 300 |
4.4%
|
|
| 72. Metal, machinery and related trades workers | 273 |
4%
|
|
| 73. Handicraft and printing workers | 6 |
0.1%
|
|
| 74. Electrical and electronic trades workers | 106 |
1.6%
|
|
| 75. Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers | 102 |
1.5%
|
|
| 81. Stationary plant and machine operators | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| 82. Assemblers | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 83. Drivers and mobile plant operators | 283 |
4.2%
|
|
| 91. Cleaners and helpers | 467 |
6.9%
|
|
| 92. Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers | 178 |
2.6%
|
|
| 93. Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport | 399 |
5.9%
|
|
| 94. Food preparation assistants | 46 |
0.7%
|
|
| 95. Street and related sales and service workers | 87 |
1.3%
|
|
| 96. Refuse workers and other elementary workers | 42 |
0.6%
|
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.