Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2021
South Africa, 2021
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Reference ID
ZAF_2021_LMDSA_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Feb 11, 2026
Last modified
Feb 11, 2026
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- lmdsa-2021-v2
Main occupation grouped (occup)
Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2
Overview
Valid:
39630
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
226
End:
227
Width:
2
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legislators; senior officials and managers | 3001 |
7.6%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 2263 |
5.7%
|
| 3 | Technical and associate professionals | 3526 |
8.9%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 3925 |
9.9%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 6575 |
16.6%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 196 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers | 4077 |
10.3%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 3504 |
8.8%
|
| 9 | Elementary Occupation | 9869 |
24.9%
|
| 10 | Domestic workers | 2632 |
6.6%
|
| 11 | Other occupation | 62 |
0.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 142922 |
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.