Afrobarometer Survey South Africa 2002
South Africa, 2002
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zaf-idasa-afb-sa-2002-v1
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Afrobarometer 2
South Africa
2002
q88. main occupation (q88)
Data file: Afrobarometer 2 South Africa 2002
Overview
Valid:
0
Valid (weighted):
0
Invalid:
0
Invalid (weighted):
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
526
loc_end_pos:
528
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V349
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is your main occupation? (If unemployed, retired or disabled, what was your last main occupation?)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| -1 | missing |
| 0 | never had a job |
| 1 | farmer (produces only for home consumption) |
| 2 | farmer (produces surplus for sale) |
| 3 | farmer (produces mainly for sale) |
| 4 | farm worker |
| 5 | fisherman |
| 6 | trader/hawker/vendor |
| 7 | businessperson |
| 8 | professional worker (e.g., lawyer, accountant, nurse, etc.) |
| 9 | supervisor/foreman |
| 10 | clerical worker |
| 12 | miner |
| 14 | domestic worker/maid/char/househelp |
| 15 | teacher |
| 16 | government worker |
| 17 | armed services/police/ security personnel |
| 18 | student |
| 19 | housewife/works in the household |
| 22 | retail worker |
| 23 | artisan/skilled manual worker - formal sector |
| 24 | artisan/skilled manual worker - informal sector |
| 25 | unskilled manual in the formal sector |
| 26 | unskilled manual worker in the informal sector |
| 27 | driver |
| 995 | other |
| 998 | refused |
| 999 | don't know |
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.