Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2021
South Africa, 2021
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zaf-statssa-lmdsa-2021-v2
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Sep 18, 2023
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Previous occupation grouped (prevoccup)
Data file: lmdsa-2021-v2
Overview
Valid:
15511
Invalid:
167041
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
238
loc_end_pos:
239
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 11
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legislators; senior officials and managers | 422 |
2.7%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 300 |
1.9%
|
| 3 | Technical and associate professionals | 793 |
5.1%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 1473 |
9.5%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 2743 |
17.7%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 62 |
0.4%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers | 2060 |
13.3%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 1074 |
6.9%
|
| 9 | Elementary Occupation | 4920 |
31.7%
|
| 10 | Domestic workers | 1570 |
10.1%
|
| 11 | Other occupation | 94 |
0.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 167041 |
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.