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Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000

South Africa, 1999 - 2000
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zaf-fafo-mlfs-1999-2000-v1
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Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo), South African Department of Labour
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
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Data file: Mesebetsi LFS1999-2000 RSI_v1

Overview

Valid: 1109
Invalid: 9671
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
loc_start_pos: 343
loc_end_pos: 344
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 arts 14
1.3%
2 physical science 17
1.5%
3 law 27
2.4%
4 theology 13
1.2%
5 economics 47
4.2%
6 education 298
26.9%
7 medicine 13
1.2%
8 dentistry 2
0.2%
9 engineering (other) 25
2.3%
10 secretaries, secretarial work 47
4.2%
11 mechanical engineering 14
1.3%
12 accounting 24
2.2%
13 fire-fighting 1
0.1%
14 architecture and building arts 11
1%
15 library science 1
0.1%
16 electronics, electrical 11
1%
17 electronic data processing and analysis 1
0.1%
18 art and design 10
0.9%
19 trade 2
0.2%
20 mining 12
1.1%
21 technology 74
6.7%
22 marketing 14
1.3%
23 civil engineering 9
0.8%
24 security 7
0.6%
25 forestry 1
0.1%
26 plating, boilermaker 4
0.4%
27 organisation and method study 0
0%
28 agricultural science 21
1.9%
29 african studies 0
0%
30 domestic science, home economics 14
1.3%
31 dietetics 0
0%
32 music 8
0.7%
33 languages 6
0.5%
34 therapy 1
0.1%
35 human resource management 11
1%
36 horticulture and parks 0
0%
37 publications 0
0%
38 surveying, cartography 0
0%
39 computing 42
3.8%
40 aeronautics 1
0.1%
41 lithography 0
0%
42 chemical engineering 2
0.2%
43 police 18
1.6%
44 dental and oral hygiene 0
0%
45 criminology 1
0.1%
46 social work 15
1.4%
47 social science 8
0.7%
48 municipal administration 0
0%
49 optometry 0
0%
50 traffic science 2
0.2%
51 electrical and electronic engineering 30
2.7%
52 geology 2
0.2%
53 veterinary science 1
0.1%
54 geographical information systems (gis) 1
0.1%
55 public administration 6
0.5%
56 botany 0
0%
57 drama 0
0%
58 journalism 5
0.5%
59 tourism 1
0.1%
60 archival science 2
0.2%
61 agricultural engineering 0
0%
62 public relations 3
0.3%
63 safety management 0
0%
64 valuation, property valuation 0
0%
65 business computing 3
0.3%
66 company and office administration 3
0.3%
67 information technology 6
0.5%
68 policy administration 2
0.2%
69 production management 0
0%
70 marketing and sales management 5
0.5%
71 physical education 3
0.3%
72 mechanic 17
1.5%
73 pharmacy 3
0.3%
74 fine arts 0
0%
75 community organisation 0
0%
76 interior design 1
0.1%
77 military 4
0.4%
78 town and regional planning 2
0.2%
79 radiography 1
0.1%
80 communication 1
0.1%
81 personnel management 7
0.6%
82 meat inspector 1
0.1%
83 quantity surveying 1
0.1%
84 nursing 76
6.9%
85 physiology 2
0.2%
86 museum science 0
0%
87 life science 2
0.2%
88 public administration 14
1.3%
89 management 15
1.4%
90 business administration 16
1.4%
91 archaeology 0
0%
92 demography 0
0%
93 finance 4
0.4%
94 psychology 14
1.3%
95 environmental science 4
0.4%
96 advertising 2
0.2%
97 physiotherapy 0
0%
98 electro-encephalographic recording 0
0%
99 not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 9671
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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