Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, Third Quarter

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_QLFS-Q3_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Data file: QLFS_2012_03_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 85760

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 242

End: 243

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	79466	92.7%
1	Legislators; senior officials and managers	163	0.2%
2	Professionals	106	0.1%
3	Technical and associate professionals	334	0.4%
4	Clerks	668	0.8%
5	Service workers and shop and market sales workers	894	1%
6	Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	25	0%
7	Craft and related trades workers	904	1.1%
8	Plant and machine operators and assemblers	442	0.5%
9	Elementary Occupation	1971	2.3%
10	Domestic workers	772	0.9%
11	Other occupation	15	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.

Description

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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