Afrobarometer Survey 2015, Round 6
South Africa, 2015
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Q96a. Occupation of respondent (Q96A)
Data file: saf_r6_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2390
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1528
End:
1529
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
96A. What is your main occupation? (If unemployed, retired or disabled, what was your last main occupation?)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | Never had a job | 262 |
11%
|
| 1 | Student | 200 |
8.4%
|
| 2 | Housewife / homemaker | 95 |
4%
|
| 3 | Agriculture / farming / fishing / forestry | 80 |
3.3%
|
| 4 | Trader / hawker / vendor | 49 |
2.1%
|
| 5 | Retail / Shop | 230 |
9.6%
|
| 6 | Unskilled manual worker | 524 |
21.9%
|
| 7 | Artisan or skilled manual worker | 261 |
10.9%
|
| 8 | Clerical or secretarial | 96 |
4%
|
| 9 | Supervisor / Foreman / Senior Manager | 124 |
5.2%
|
| 10 | Security services | 75 |
3.1%
|
| 11 | Mid-level professional | 147 |
6.2%
|
| 12 | Upper-level professional | 121 |
5.1%
|
| 95 | Other | 100 |
4.2%
|
| 98 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Don't know | 26 |
1.1%
|
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.