Community Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 2007
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ZAF_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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- ZAF2007_PHC-H-H
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Occupation, ISCO-1988, 3-digit (ISCO88A)
Data file: ZAF2007_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
159
End:
161
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 010 | Armed forces |
| 111 | Legislators |
| 112 | Senior government officials |
| 113 | Traditional chiefs and heads of villages |
| 114 | Senior officials of special-interest organizations |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 122 | Production and operations department managers |
| 123 | Other department managers |
| 131 | General managers |
| 199 | Legislators, senior officials and managers not elsewhere classified |
| 211 | Physicists, chemists and related professionals |
| 212 | Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals |
| 213 | Computing professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals (except nursing) |
| 223 | Nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 231 | College, university and higher education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary education teaching professionals |
| 233 | Primary and pre-primary education teaching professionals |
| 234 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Legal professionals |
| 243 | Archivists, librarians and related information professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 245 | Writers and creative or performing artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 299 | Professionals no elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Physical and engineering science technicians |
| 312 | Computer associate professionals |
| 313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 315 | Safety and quality inspectors |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related associate professionals |
| 322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) |
| 323 | Nursing and midwifery associate professionals |
| 324 | Traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers |
| 331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 332 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 333 | Special education teaching associate professionals |
| 334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 341 | Finance and sales associate professionals |
| 342 | Business services agents and trade brokers |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 345 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 346 | Social work associate professionals |
| 347 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 348 | Religious associate professionals |
| 399 | Technicians and associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks |
| 413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 499 | Clerks not elsewhere classified |
| 511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 512 | Housekeeping and restaurant services workers |
| 513 | Personal care and related workers |
| 514 | Other personal services workers |
| 515 | Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 521 | Fashion and other models |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 599 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers not elsewhere classified |
| 611 | Market gardeners and crop growers |
| 612 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers |
| 613 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 621 | Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers |
| 699 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers not elsewhere classified |
| 711 | Miners, shotfirers, stone cutters and carvers |
| 712 | Building frame and related trades workers |
| 713 | Building finishers and related trades workers |
| 714 | Painters, building structure cleaners and related trades workers |
| 721 | Metal moulders, welders, sheet-metal workers, structural- metal preparers, and related trades workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Potters, glass-makers and related trades workers |
| 733 | Handicraft workers in wood, textile, leather and related materials |
| 734 | Printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 742 | Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 744 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 799 | Craft and related trade workers not elsewhere classified |
| 811 | Mining- and mineral-processing-plant operators |
| 812 | Metal-processing-plant operators |
| 813 | Glass, ceramics and related plant operators |
| 814 | Wood-processing- and papermaking-plant operators |
| 815 | Chemical-processing-plant operators |
| 816 | Power-production and related plant operators |
| 817 | Automated-assembly-line and industrial-robot operators |
| 821 | Metal- and mineral-products machine operators |
| 822 | Chemical-products machine operators |
| 823 | Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 824 | Wood-products machine operators |
| 825 | Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine operators |
| 826 | Textile-, fur- and leather-products machine operators |
| 827 | Food and related products machine operators |
| 828 | Assemblers |
| 829 | Other machine operators and assemblers |
| 831 | Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor-vehicle drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile-plant operators |
| 834 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 899 | Other plant and machine operaters and assemblers not elsewhere classified |
| 911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 912 | Shoe cleaning and other street services elementary occupations |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 921 | Agricultural, fishery and related labourers |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 989 | Elementary occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 990 | Other workers, not elsewhere classified |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | NIU (not in universe) |
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.
Description
Definition
ISCO88A provides the 3-digit occupation code for the respondent using the ISCO-1988 occupation classification.
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