Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2013, Second Quarter

South Africa, 2013

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ZAF_2013_QLFS-Q2_v02_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Sep 12, 2013

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Data file: qlfs_2013_02_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 86915

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 230

End: 231

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not applicable	80399	92.5%
1	Legislators; senior officials and managers	176	0.2%
2	Professionals	114	0.1%
3	Technical and associate professionals	350	0.4%
4	Clerks	723	0.8%
5	Service workers and shop and market sales workers	938	1.1%
6	Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	22	0%
7	Craft and related trades workers	915	1.1%
8	Plant and machine operators and assemblers	447	0.5%
9	Elementary Occupation	2153	2.5%
10	Domestic workers	674	0.8%
11	Other occupation	4	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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