South African Census 1996, 10% Sample
South Africa, 1996
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zaf-statssa-census-1996-v1.3
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- census-1996-hhold-v1.2
- census-1996-person-v1.3
Employment status (econactt)
Data file: census-1996-person-v1.3
Overview
Valid:
3621201
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
83
loc_end_pos:
84
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employed | 829547 |
22.9%
|
| 2 | Unemployed, looking for work | 421591 |
11.6%
|
| 3 | Not working - not looking for work | 77092 |
2.1%
|
| 4 | Not working - housewife/home-maker | 176198 |
4.9%
|
| 6 | Not working - scholar/full-time student | 437815 |
12.1%
|
| 7 | Not working - pensioner/retired person | 234767 |
6.5%
|
| 8 | Not working - disabled person | 27516 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | Not working - not wishing to work | 27265 |
0.8%
|
| 10 | Not working - none of the above | 102422 |
2.8%
|
| 97 | N/A: Aged <15 | 1216901 |
33.6%
|
| 98 | N/A: Institution | 63140 |
1.7%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 6947 |
0.2%
|
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.