Post Apartheid Labour Market Series 1993-2025
South Africa, 1993 - 2025
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Reference ID
zaf-df-palms-1993-2025-v4
Producer(s)
Andrew Kerr, David Lam, Martin Wittenberg
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total salary at main job: category, for employees, ohs 96-99 (empsalcat1)
Data file: palmsv4incomes
Overview
Valid:
116176
Invalid:
2217263
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
8888
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
42
loc_end_pos:
45
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 8888
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0. missing | 1655 |
1.4%
|
| 1 | 1. none | 228 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | 2. r 1 - r 2 400 per annum | 4811 |
4.1%
|
| 3 | 3. r 2 401 - r 6 000 per annum | 10349 |
8.9%
|
| 4 | 4. r 6 001 - r 12 000 per annum | 11334 |
9.8%
|
| 5 | 5. r 12 001 - r 18 000 per annum | 10300 |
8.9%
|
| 6 | 6. r 18 001 - r 30 000 per annum | 11010 |
9.5%
|
| 7 | 7. r 30 001 - r 42 000 per annum | 6117 |
5.3%
|
| 8 | 8. r 42 001 - r 54 000 per annum | 3697 |
3.2%
|
| 9 | 9. r 54 001 - r 72 000 per annum | 3010 |
2.6%
|
| 10 | 10. r 72 001 - r 96 000 per annum | 1607 |
1.4%
|
| 11 | 11. r 96 001 - r 132 000 per annum | 882 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | 12. r 132 001 - r 192 000 per annum | 570 |
0.5%
|
| 13 | 13. r 192 001 - r 360 000 per annum | 312 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | 14. r 360 001 or more per annum | 142 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | 15. don't know | 1665 |
1.4%
|
| 8888 | 8888. not applicable | 48487 |
41.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 2217263 |
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.