South African Census 1980

South Africa, 1980

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zaf-dos-census-1980-v1.3

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Department of Statistics (now Statistics South Africa)

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South African Population Censuses and Surveys

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Oct 18, 2012

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Identity of employer (EMPLOYER)

Data file: sa-census-1980-v1.3

Overview

Valid: 25016525

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 85

loc_end_pos: 85

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Unemployed and not economically active	17044816	68.1%
1	Central Government	460851	1.8%
2	Provincial administrations	281798	1.1%
3	Local authorities	251864	1%
4	National states	120042	0.5%
5	SAR and H, SAA and GPO	312433	1.2%
6	Public corporations	177841	0.7%
7	Private business enterprises	5460646	21.8%
8	Non-profit motive organisations	81475	0.3%
9	Private households	824759	3.3%

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.

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