Population Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996

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Reference ID

ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center

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Occupation, 1 digit (ZA1996A_0440)

Data file: ZAF1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 233

End: 234

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Question 16-19 should be answered for each person in the household, whether child or adult, born before 10 October 1991 (5 years or older)

19.3. Focus on the occupation of (the person). What would you call this occupation?

____ For example, plumber, street trader, cattle farmer, primary school teacher,
domestic worker.

19.4. Describe (the person's) main duty/activity in more detail.

____ For example, installing pipes in new houses, selling fruit and vegetables, breeding cattle, teaching primary school children, cleaning and cooking.

Categories

Value	Category
1	Legislators, senior officials and managers
2	Professionals
3	Technicians and associate professionals
4	Clerks
5	Service workers, shop and market sales workers
6	Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
7	Craft and related trades workers
8	Plant and machine operators and assemblers
9	Elementary occupations
98	Unknown
99	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

This variable indicates occupation with one digit. Coding was done using a code list of occupations based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO 88).

Universe

Employed persons age 15+ in private households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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