Afrobarometer Survey 2002, Round 2
South Africa, 2002
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Q88. Main occupation (Q88)
Data file: saf_r2_data.sav
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
657
End:
659
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
88. What is your main occupation? (If unemployed, retired, or disabled, what was your last main occupation?)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 0 | Never had a job | 399 |
16.6%
|
| 1 | Farmer (produces only for home consumption) | 26 |
1.1%
|
| 2 | Farmer (produces surplus for sale) | 19 |
0.8%
|
| 3 | Farmer (produces mainly for sale) | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | Farm worker | 160 |
6.7%
|
| 5 | Fisherman | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Trader/Hawker/Vendor | 60 |
2.5%
|
| 7 | Businessperson | 111 |
4.6%
|
| 8 | Professional Worker (e.g., lawyer, accountant, nurse, etc.) | 100 |
4.2%
|
| 9 | Supervisor/Foreman | 40 |
1.7%
|
| 10 | Clerical Worker | 127 |
5.3%
|
| 12 | Miner | 93 |
3.9%
|
| 14 | Domestic Worker/Maid/Char/Househelp | 163 |
6.8%
|
| 15 | Teacher | 50 |
2.1%
|
| 16 | Government Worker | 70 |
2.9%
|
| 17 | Armed Services/Police/ Security Personnel | 73 |
3%
|
| 18 | Student | 156 |
6.5%
|
| 19 | Housewife/Works In the Household | 178 |
7.4%
|
| 22 | Retail worker | 72 |
3%
|
| 23 | Artisan/skilled manual worker - formal sector | 117 |
4.9%
|
| 24 | Artisan/skilled manual worker - informal sector | 45 |
1.9%
|
| 25 | Unskilled manual in the formal sector | 109 |
4.5%
|
| 26 | Unskilled manual worker in the informal sector | 66 |
2.8%
|
| 27 | Driver | 22 |
0.9%
|
| 995 | Other | 51 |
2.1%
|
| 998 | Refused | 1 |
0%
|
| 999 | Don't know | 70 |
2.9%
|
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.