Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2022
South Africa, 2022
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Reference ID
ZAF_2022_LMDSA_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 12, 2025
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Aug 12, 2025
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- lmdsa-2022-v1
Main occupation grouped (Occup)
Data file: lmdsa-2022-v1
Overview
Valid:
54095
Invalid:
180838
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 11
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legislators; senior officials and managers | 4167 |
7.7%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 3189 |
5.9%
|
| 3 | Technical and associate professionals | 4843 |
9%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 5310 |
9.8%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 9213 |
17%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 313 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers | 5644 |
10.4%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 4427 |
8.2%
|
| 9 | Elementary Occupation | 13653 |
25.2%
|
| 10 | Domestic workers | 3328 |
6.2%
|
| 11 | Other | 8 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 180838 |
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.