Afrobarometer Survey 2002-2004
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Michigan State University (MSU), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
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Q88. Main occupation (q88)
Data file: R2merge16-12jan09-newfinal
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
558
loc_end_pos:
560
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
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 |
| 50 | Marine/sailor |
| 60 | Traditional healer |
| 160 | Agent of NGO |
| 161 | Local leader/chief/headman |
| 162 | Eleveur/cattle breeder |
| 180 | Skilled textile factory worker |
| 181 | Unskilled textile factory worker |
| 260 | Youth corper/national service |
| 261 | Clergyman/priest/paster |
| 262 | Motor cyclist/okada man |
| 263 | Apprentice |
| 380 | Religious leader |
| 381 | Pastoralist |
| 382 | Catering/cook/chef |
| 990 | Unemployed |
| 991 | Retired |
| 992 | Disabled |
| 993 | Anything |
| 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.