South African Census 1996, 10% Sample

South Africa, 1996

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zaf-statssa-census-1996-v1.3

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Data file: census-1996-person-v1.3

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Valid: 3621201

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 86

loc_end_pos: 86

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Self-employed	46191	1.3%
2	Employer	37457	1%
3	Employee	660317	18.2%
4	Works in family business	12796	0.4%
7	N/A: Age < 15 or not employed	2728514	75.3%
8	N/A: Institution	63140	1.7%
9	Unspecified	72786	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.

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