Volunteer Activities Survey 2024
South Africa, 2024
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zaf-statssa-vas-2024-v1
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Activity 1:Specific unpaid activities (Q75ActTasksOccupation_1)
Data file: vas-2024-activity1-v1
Overview
Valid:
3554
Minimum:
1110
Maximum:
9333
Mean:
7012.8908272369
Standard deviation:
2147.1556778925
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1110 | Legislators | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 1210 | Directors and chief executives | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 1231 | Finance and administration managers/department managers | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 1232 | Personnel and industrial relations managers/department managers | 1 |
0%
|
| 1315 | General managers of hotels, restaurants and other catering or accommodation services | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 2221 | Medical practitioners, physicians, Medical specialists and Medical occupations not elsewhere classified | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 2419 | Business professionals not elsewhere classified, Consultants | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 2452 | Sculptors, painters and related artists | 1 |
0%
|
| 2460 | Religious professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 3114 | Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians, Assistants, technical and electronic engineering | 1 |
0%
|
| 3121 | Computer assistants | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 3131 | Photographers and image recording equipment operators, Sound recording equipment operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 3159 | N/A | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 3241 | Traditional medicine practitioners | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 3310 | Primary education teaching associate professionals | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 3391 | Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 3411 | Securities and finance dealers and brokers | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 3415 | Technical and commercial sales representatives | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 3416 | Buyers | 1 |
0%
|
| 3419 | Finance and sales associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 3431 | Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 3433 | Bookkeepers | 1 |
0%
|
| 3471 | Decorators and commercial designers, Product, industrial designers, Textile/ clothing/ fashion designers, Interior designers, Graphics designers and Designers not elsewhere classified | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 3472 | Radio, television and other announcers | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 3473 | Street, nightclub and related musicians, singers and dancers | 18 |
0.5%
|
| 3475 | Athletes, sportspersons and related associate professionals | 44 |
1.2%
|
| 3479 | Art, entertainment and sport associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 17 |
0.5%
|
| 3480 | Religious associate professionals | 91 |
2.6%
|
| 4115 | Secretaries | 16 |
0.5%
|
| 4121 | Accounting and bookkeeping clerks | 1 |
0%
|
| 4141 | Library and filing clerks | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 4144 | Scribes and related workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 4190 | Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) | 18 |
0.5%
|
| 4212 | Tellers and other counter clerks | 1 |
0%
|
| 4215 | Debt-collectors and related workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 4222 | Receptionists and information clerks | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 5122 | Cooks | 616 |
17.3%
|
| 5123 | Waiters, waitresses and bartenders | 19 |
0.5%
|
| 5124 | Tavern and shebeen operators | 16 |
0.5%
|
| 5131 | Child-care workers | 167 |
4.7%
|
| 5132 | Institution-based personal care workers, Nursing aids, Ambulance men and first-aid attendants | 1 |
0%
|
| 5133 | Home-based personal care workers | 63 |
1.8%
|
| 5139 | Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified | 50 |
1.4%
|
| 5141 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers, Beauticians and Hairdressers | 10 |
0.3%
|
| 5143 | Undertakers and embalmers | 406 |
11.4%
|
| 5161 | Fire-fighters | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 5162 | Police officers, traffic officers, Police officers and Traffic officers | 1 |
0%
|
| 5163 | Prison guards | 1 |
0%
|
| 5169 | Protective services workers not elsewhere classified, Rangers and game wardens | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 6141 | Forestry workers and loggers, Forestry workers and Loggers | 11 |
0.3%
|
| 7122 | Bricklayers and stonemasons (including apprentices/trainees) | 12 |
0.3%
|
| 7124 | Carpenters and joiners (including apprentices/trainees) | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 7129 | Building frame and related workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) | 31 |
0.9%
|
| 7131 | Roofers (including apprentices/trainees) | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 7136 | Plumbers and pipe fitters (including apprentices/trainees) | 14 |
0.4%
|
| 7137 | Building and related electricians (including apprentices/trainees) | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 7141 | Painters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 26 |
0.7%
|
| 7190 | Extraction and building trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7212 | Welders and flamecutters (including apprentices/trainees) | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 7214 | Structural-metal preparers and erectors (including apprentices/trainees) | 27 |
0.8%
|
| 7231 | Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) | 25 |
0.7%
|
| 7245 | Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7290 | Metal, machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 7321 | Abrasive wheel formers, potters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 7331 | Handicraft workers in wood and related materials (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7411 | Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) | 77 |
2.2%
|
| 7412 | Millers, bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (including apprentices/trainees) | 21 |
0.6%
|
| 7433 | Tailors, dressmakers and hatters (including apprentices/trainees) | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 8141 | Wood-processing plant operators | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 8163 | Incinerator, water-treatment and related plant operators | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 8263 | Sewing-machine operators | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 8320 | Taxi drivers, informal | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 8322 | Car, taxi and van drivers | 37 |
1%
|
| 9111 | Street food vendors and related workers | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 9112 | Street vendors, non-food products | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 9120 | Shoe cleaning and other elementary street services occupations | 1 |
0%
|
| 9131 | Domestic helpers and cleaners | 45 |
1.3%
|
| 9132 | Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments | 244 |
6.9%
|
| 9133 | Hand-launderers and pressers | 20 |
0.6%
|
| 9152 | Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers | 38 |
1.1%
|
| 9161 | Garbage collectors | 133 |
3.7%
|
| 9162 | Sweepers and related labourers | 26 |
0.7%
|
| 9190 | Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified | 411 |
11.6%
|
| 9211 | Farmhands and labourers | 136 |
3.8%
|
| 9212 | Forestry labourers | 1 |
0%
|
| 9312 | Fishery, hunting and trapping labourers | 346 |
9.7%
|
| 9322 | Hand-packers and other manufacturing labourers | 152 |
4.3%
|
| 9333 | Freight handlers | 13 |
0.4%
|
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.