Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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- ZAF2001_PHC-H-H.dat
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Occupation, 3 digit (ZA2001A_OCC)
Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
293
End:
295
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="ZA01A443 ZA01A444 ZA01A445 ZA01A446 ZA01A447 ZA01A448 ZA01A449 ZA01A450 ZA01A451 ZA01A452 ZA01A453 ZA01A454 ZA01A455 ZA01A456 ZA01A457 ZA01A458 ZA01A459 ZA01A460"><span class="h2">Ask for all persons aged 10 years and older (born before 10 October 1991)</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="ZA01A450 ZA01A451 ZA01A452 ZA01A453 ZA01A454 ZA01A455 ZA01A456 ZA01A457 ZA01A458 ZA01A459 ZA01A460"><span class="h3">Had work</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A454 ZA01A455 ZA01A456">P-19c. Occupation (If yes to P-18)<br /><div class="i1">_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What is the main occupation of (the person) in this workplace?<br />Occupation refers to the type of work (the person) performed in the seven days before 10 October. Use two or more words. For example, street trader, cattle farmer, primary school teacher, domestic worker, fruit vendor, truck driver, warehouse manager, filing clerk, etc. Use capital letters only.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="ZA01A450 ZA01A451 ZA01A452 ZA01A453 ZA01A454 ZA01A455 ZA01A456 ZA01A457 ZA01A458 ZA01A459 ZA01A460"><span class="h3">Had work</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A454 ZA01A455 ZA01A456">P-19c. Occupation (If yes to P-18)<br /><div class="i1">_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What is the main occupation of (the person) in this workplace?<br />Occupation refers to the type of work (the person) performed in the seven days before 10 October. Use two or more words. For example, street trader, cattle farmer, primary school teacher, domestic worker, fruit vendor, truck driver, warehouse manager, filing clerk, etc. Use capital letters only.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 111 | Legislators |
| 112 | Senior government officers |
| 113 | Traditional chiefs and heads of villages |
| 114 | Senior officers of special-interest organizations |
| 119 | Legislators and senior officers not elsewhere classified |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 122 | Production and operations managers/department managers |
| 123 | Other managers/department managers |
| 129 | Corporate managers not elsewhere classified |
| 131 | General managers |
| 139 | General 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 |
| 215 | Physical sciences technologists |
| 219 | Physical; mathematical and engineering science professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals (except nursing) |
| 223 | Nursing and midwifery professionals |
| 229 | Life science and health professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 231 | College; university and higher education institutions teaching professionals |
| 232 | Secondary education institutions teaching professionals |
| 233 | Primary and pre-primary education institutions teaching professionals |
| 234 | Special education institutions teaching professionals |
| 235 | Other teaching institutions professionals |
| 239 | Other education professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 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 |
| 249 | Other professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 311 | Natural 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 |
| 329 | Life science and health associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 331 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 332 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 333 | Special education teaching associate professionals |
| 334 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 339 | Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 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 |
| 349 | Other 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 and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) |
| 421 | Cashiers; tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 429 | Customer services 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 |
| 519 | Personal and protective services workers not elsewhere classified |
| 521 | Fashion and other models |
| 522 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators |
| 523 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 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 |
| 619 | Market-oriented skilled agricultural and fishery workers not elsewhere classified |
| 621 | Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers |
| 711 | Miners; shot-firers; 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 |
| 719 | Extraction and building trades workers not elsewhere classified |
| 721 | Metal molders; welders; sheet-metal workers; structural metal preparers and related trades work |
| 722 | Blacksmiths; tool-makers and related trades workers (excluding apprentices/trainees) |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 729 | Metal; machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified |
| 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 |
| 739 | Precision; handicraft; printing and related trades workers not elsewhere classified |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 742 | Wood treaters; cabinetmakers and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile; garment and related trades workers |
| 744 | Pelt; leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 749 | Other craft and related trades 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 |
| 819 | Stationary-plant and related operators not elsewhere classified |
| 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 not elsewhere classified |
| 831 | Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor vehicle drivers and related workers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile plant operators |
| 834 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 839 | Drivers and mobile plant operators not elsewhere classified |
| 911 | Street vendors and related workers |
| 912 | Shoe-cleaning and other elementary street services occupations |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers; cleaners and launderers |
| 914 | Building caretakers and window and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers; porters; doorkeepers and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 919 | Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 921 | Agricultural; fishery and related labourers |
| 929 | Agricultural; fishery and related labourers not elsewhere classified |
| 931 | Mining and construction labourers |
| 932 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 933 | Transport labourers and freight handlers |
| 939 | Labourers in mining; construction; manufacturing and transport not elsewhere classified |
| 997 | Non-identifiable occupations |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | NIU (under 10 years, not employed or economically inactive) |
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="ZA01A454 ZA01A455 ZA01A456"><span class="em">Question P-19c -- Occupation</span><br /><br /><span class="em">"What is the main occupation of (the person) in this workplace?"</span><br /><br />Occupation refers to the type of work the person performed in the seven days before the census. Use at least two words. Read the examples from the questionnaire to the first respondent.<br /><br />Write down the current job title of the person, using two or three words, for example, primary school teacher, private gardener, cattle farmer, domestic worker, bus driver, communication technician, senior demographer, car sales person, office cleaner.<br /><br />Do not accept only "teacher", "driver", "technician". Use two or three words for the description, otherwise it will be difficult to know what type of work they are doing.<br /><br />Do not use academic titles like MA or PhD, or titles of honour.<br /><br /><span class="em">National Bureau</span>: Write the response in the boxes provided and make sure that you write inside the boxes not outside. Do not leave empty boxes between words. Start in the top left box.<br /><br /> Answers to questions P-19a, 19b and 19c should be related, in that they should all refer to the same job. If a person has more than one job, they should answer these questions in relation to their main job. If the answer to the occupation question appears inconsistent, probe.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 52]</span><br /><br />The table in Appendix 3 contains several examples of name of business, industrial sector, and occupation that <span class="em">could</span> go together. The table illustrates two things.<br /> <div class="i1">It shows the difference between industrial sector and occupation. It can be clearly seen that in some cases the occupation is directly related to the industrial sector, but in other cases it is not. Jobs such as driver, labourer, clerk, human relations officer, accountant, can be done in any industrial sector.<br /><br />The examples show appropriate wording and level of detail for industrial sector and for occupation.</div><br /><br />You should study this table in your own time and make sure you understand the concepts.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the type of work the person performed in the seven days before 10 October 2001 by a three-digit level. Respondents were asked to describe their occupation in two or more words, for example, street trader, cattle farmer, primary school teacher, etc. Coding was done on the basis of the second edition of the South African Standard Classification of Occupations (SASCO), which is, in turn, based on the United Nations' International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO --1988).
Universe
South Africa 2001: Employed or economically active persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |