Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000
South Africa, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
zaf-fafo-mlfs-1999-2000-v1
Producer(s)
Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo), South African Department of Labour
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Feb 11, 2013
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occupation in current or previous job (if not empl) (allocc)
Data file: Mesebetsi LFS1999-2000 RSI_v1
Overview
Valid:
9973
Invalid:
807
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
591
loc_end_pos:
592
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | never worked | 2954 |
29.6%
|
| 1 | senior officials and managers | 265 |
2.7%
|
| 2 | professionals | 467 |
4.7%
|
| 3 | technicians & associate professionals | 314 |
3.1%
|
| 4 | clerical | 575 |
5.8%
|
| 5 | service and sales workers | 733 |
7.3%
|
| 6 | skilled agricultural & fishery workers | 505 |
5.1%
|
| 7 | craft and trades workers | 834 |
8.4%
|
| 8 | machine operators & assemblers | 687 |
6.9%
|
| 9 | elementary occupations | 2630 |
26.4%
|
| 10 | armed forces | 9 |
0.1%
|
| 97 | wood+water is only reference week activity | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | dont know/ no answer | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 807 |
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.