Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, First Quarter

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_QLFS-Q1_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jan 09, 2013

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Data file: QLFS_2012_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 84255

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 217

End: 218

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	78201	92.8%
1	Legislators; senior officials and managers	160	0.2%
2	Professionals	120	0.1%
3	Technical and associate professionals	356	0.4%
4	Clerks	654	0.8%
5	Service workers and shop and market sales workers	825	1%
6	Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	27	0%
7	Craft and related trades workers	917	1.1%
8	Plant and machine operators and assemblers	441	0.5%
9	Elementary Occupation	1854	2.2%
10	Domestic workers	699	0.8%
11	Other occupation	1	0%

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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Definition

Occupation refers to the type of activities/work undertaken by persons working in a business/establishment/factory etc.

Universe

All household members aged 15 years and older, who had been employed previously, but were currently unemployed or economically inactive.

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