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Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2020

South Africa, 2020
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Previous occupation (Q315PREVOCCUPATION)

Data file: lmdsa-2020-v1

Overview

Valid: 19399
Invalid: 190518
Minimum: 1110
Maximum: 9999
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 69
End: 72
Width: 4
Range: 1110 - 9999
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1110 Legislators 13
0.1%
1120 Senior government officers 7
0%
1130 Traditional chiefs and heads of villages 1
0%
1210 Directors and chief executives 22
0.1%
1221 Production and operations managers/department managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing and mining 1
0%
1222 Production and operations managers/department managers in manufacturing 44
0.2%
1223 Production and operations managers/department managers in building and construction 13
0.1%
1224 Production and operations managers/department managers in wholesale and retail trade 87
0.4%
1225 Production and operations managers/department managers in hotels, restaurants and other catering and accommodation services 34
0.2%
1226 Production and operations managers/department managers in transport, storage and communications 16
0.1%
1227 Production and operations managers/department managers in business services 63
0.3%
1228 Production and operations managers/department managers in personal care, cleaning and related services 2
0%
1229 Production and operations managers/department managers not elsewhere classified 10
0.1%
1231 Finance and administration managers/department managers 72
0.4%
1232 Personnel and industrial relations managers/department managers 16
0.1%
1233 Sales and marketing managers/department managers 6
0%
1235 Supply and distribution managers/department managers 3
0%
1236 Computing services managers/department managers 2
0%
1237 Research and development managers/department managers 2
0%
1239 Other managers/department managers not elsewhere classified 19
0.1%
1311 General managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 1
0%
1312 General managers in manufacturing 8
0%
1313 General managers in construction 33
0.2%
1314 General managers in wholesale and retail trade 24
0.1%
1315 General managers of hotels, restaurants and other catering or accommodation services 27
0.1%
1316 General managers in transport, storage and communication 24
0.1%
1317 General managers of business services 59
0.3%
1390 General managers not elsewhere classified 19
0.1%
2111 Physicists and astronomers 1
0%
2131 Computer systems designers and analysts 18
0.1%
2132 Computer programmers 14
0.1%
2139 Computing professionals not elsewhere classified 2
0%
2141 Architects, town and traffic planners 5
0%
2142 Civil engineers 3
0%
2143 Electrical engineers 5
0%
2144 Electronics and telecommunications engineers 3
0%
2145 Mechanical engineers 17
0.1%
2148 Land surveyors, Cartographers and other surveyors 7
0%
2149 Architects, engineers and related professionals not elsewhere classified, Industrial/production engineers, Quantity surveyors, Architects, engineers and related professionals not elsewhere classified 9
0%
2159 Physical sciences technologists 1
0%
2211 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals 1
0%
2212 Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Medical sciences, Physical sciences and Veterinary sciences 1
0%
2213 Agronomists, food scientists and related professionals, Agriculture, forestry and food scientists, Natural sciences technologists 4
0%
2221 Medical practitioners, physicians, Medical specialists and Medical occupations not elsewhere classified 9
0%
2222 Dentists (general), Dental specialists and Other dental occupations 4
0%
2224 Pharmacists 2
0%
2230 Nursing and midwifery professionals, Nursing services managers and Professional nurses 14
0.1%
2310 Technikon, teacher training, technical and other colleges, university and other higher education institutions teaching professionals and Other post-secondary education teaching professionals 17
0.1%
2320 Secondary education teaching professionals 52
0.3%
2331 Primary education teaching professionals 32
0.2%
2332 Pre-primary education teaching professionals 8
0%
2351 Education methods specialists 18
0.1%
2411 Accountants and related accounting occupations, Accounting occupations not elsewhere classified, Auditors and related occupations and Articled clerks with accountant/auditor 17
0.1%
2412 Personnel and careers professionals, Consultants: management/personnel 35
0.2%
2419 Business professionals not elsewhere classified, Consultants 89
0.5%
2421 Advocates, attorneys and related occupations, Lawyers/attorneys and related occupations, Advocates/barristers, Prosecutors and Articled clerks 3
0%
2422 Judges and magistrates, Judges , and Magistrates 3
0%
2429 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified 1
0%
2432 Librarians and related information professionals 5
0%
2444 Philologists, translators and interpreters 2
0%
2445 Psychologists, Psychometricians and Psycho-technicians 4
0%
2446 Social work professionals 9
0%
2451 Authors, journalists and other writers, Editors, Reporters, journalists, Writers, poets, playwrights and Other writers, commentators, proofreaders 7
0%
2452 Sculptors, painters and related artists 2
0%
2453 Composers, musicians and singers 2
0%
2454 Choreographers and dancers 9
0%
2460 Religious professionals 5
0%
2490 1
0%
3111 Natural science technicians 8
0%
3112 Civil engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, civil, Assistants, technical and civil engineering 8
0%
3113 Electrical engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, electrical, Assistants, technical, electrical engineering 9
0%
3114 Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians, Assistants, technical and electronic engineering 34
0.2%
3115 Mechanical engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, mechanical, Assistants, technical and mechanical engineering 9
0%
3117 Mining and metallurgical technicians 1
0%
3118 Draughtspersons 4
0%
3121 Computer assistants 3
0%
3131 Photographers and image recording equipment operators, Sound recording equipment operators 24
0.1%
3132 Broadcasting and telecommunications equipment operators 5
0%
3133 Medical equipment operators 1
0%
3145 Air traffic safety technicians 2
0%
3151 Building and fire inspectors 1
0%
3152 Safety, health and quality inspectors, Inspectors, safety and health 149
0.8%
3211 Life science technicians, Biological science and Medical science 6
0%
3213 Farming and forestry advisers/consultants 2
0%
3221 Medical assistants 7
0%
3222 Sanitarians 7
0%
3223 Dieticians and nutritionists 1
0%
3225 Dental assistants 5
0%
3226 Physiotherapists and related associate professionals, Physiotherapists, Masseurs, Therapists not elsewhere classified, Radiographers, diagnostic and therapeutic, Chiropractors, Podiatrists and Supplementary medical professions not elsewhere cla 7
0%
3227 Veterinary assistants 3
0%
3228 Pharmaceutical assistants 9
0%
3229 Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) not elsewhere classified, Homeopaths, Therapists, speech, Therapists, occupational and Health services professions not elsewhere classified 1
0%
3231 Nursing associate professionals, Nurses, senior, student, pupil, Nurses, not elsewhere classified (nursing assistants/aids included under personal care and related workers) 91
0.5%
3241 Traditional medicine practitioners 27
0.1%
3310 Primary education teaching associate professionals 152
0.8%
3320 Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals 15
0.1%
3330 Special education teaching associate professionals 2
0%
3340 Other teaching associate professionals 4
0%
3391 Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified 46
0.2%
3411 Securities and finance dealers and brokers 28
0.1%
3412 Insurance representatives 57
0.3%
3413 Estate agents 12
0.1%
3414 Travel consultants and organisers 1
0%
3415 Technical and commercial sales representatives 115
0.6%
3416 Buyers 117
0.6%
3417 Appraisers, valuers and auctioneers 4
0%
3421 Trade brokers 1
0%
3422 Clearing and forwarding agents 1
0%
3423 Employment agents and labour contractors 2
0%
3429 Business services agents and trade brokers not elsewhere classified 13
0.1%
3431 Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals 6
0%
3432 Legal and related business associate professionals, Legal business professions and Other business professions 4
0%
3433 Bookkeepers 16
0.1%
3444 Government licensing officers 2
0%
3449 Customs, tax and related government associate professionals not elsewhere classified 16
0.1%
3450 Police inspectors and detectives 3
0%
3460 Social work associate professionals 7
0%
3461 Social work researcher 3
0%
3471 Decorators and commercial designers, Product, industrial designers, Textile/ clothing/ fashion designers, Interior designers, Graphics designers and Designers not elsewhere classified 22
0.1%
3472 Radio, television and other announcers 2
0%
3473 Street, nightclub and related musicians, singers and dancers 3
0%
3475 Athletes, sportspersons and related associate professionals 29
0.1%
3479 Art, entertainment and sport associate professionals not elsewhere classified 30
0.2%
4111 Stenographers and typists 3
0%
4113 Data entry operators 55
0.3%
4115 Secretaries 48
0.2%
4121 Accounting and bookkeeping clerks 29
0.1%
4122 Statistical finance clerks 41
0.2%
4131 Stock clerks 149
0.8%
4132 Production clerks 8
0%
4133 Transport clerks 14
0.1%
4141 Library and filing clerks 27
0.1%
4142 Mail carriers and sorting clerks 31
0.2%
4143 Coding, proof-reading and related clerks 52
0.3%
4190 Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) 442
2.3%
4211 Cashiers and ticket clerks 606
3.1%
4212 Tellers and other counter clerks 39
0.2%
4213 Bookmakers and croupiers 10
0.1%
4214 Pawnbrokers and moneylenders 5
0%
4215 Debt-collectors and related workers 10
0.1%
4221 Travel agency and related clerks 3
0%
4222 Receptionists and information clerks 146
0.8%
4223 Telephone switchboard operators 147
0.8%
4290 Customer services clerks not elsewhere classified 11
0.1%
5111 Travel attendants and travel stewards 6
0%
5112 Transport conductors and transport occupations nec 12
0.1%
5113 Travel guides 5
0%
5121 Housekeepers and related workers 40
0.2%
5122 Cooks 569
2.9%
5123 Waiters, waitresses and bartenders 245
1.3%
5124 Tavern and shebeen operators 44
0.2%
5131 Child-care workers 305
1.6%
5132 Institution-based personal care workers, Nursing aids, Ambulance men and first-aid attendants 33
0.2%
5133 Home-based personal care workers 132
0.7%
5139 Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified 26
0.1%
5141 Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers, Beauticians and Hairdressers 161
0.8%
5143 Undertakers and embalmers 9
0%
5149 Other personal services workers not elsewhere classified 3
0%
5161 Fire-fighters 15
0.1%
5162 Police officers, traffic officers, Police officers and Traffic officers 34
0.2%
5163 Prison guards 13
0.1%
5164 Armed forces 13
0.1%
5169 Protective services workers not elsewhere classified, Rangers and game wardens 776
4%
5210 Fashion and other models 1
0%
5220 Shop salespersons and demonstrators, Salespersons, Petrol pump and filling station attendants 750
3.9%
5230 Stall and market salespersons 52
0.3%
5231 Spaza shop owner 40
0.2%
6111 Field crop and vegetable growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 20
0.1%
6112 Tree and shrub crop growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 1
0%
6113 Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 5
0%
6121 Dairy and livestock producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 7
0%
6122 Poultry producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 5
0%
6130 Market-oriented crop and animal producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 1
0%
6141 Forestry workers and loggers, Forestry workers and Loggers 8
0%
6142 Charcoal burners and related workers 1
0%
6151 Aquatic life cultivation workers 1
0%
6152 Inland and coastal waters fishery workers 7
0%
6153 Deep-sea fishery workers 1
0%
6154 Hunters and trappers 3
0%
6211 Subsistence farmers 14
0.1%
7111 Miners and quarry workers (including apprentices/trainees) 36
0.2%
7112 Shot-firers and blasters (including apprentices/trainees) 5
0%
7113 Stone splitters, cutters and carvers (including apprentices/trainees) 9
0%
7122 Bricklayers and stonemasons (including apprentices/trainees) 544
2.8%
7123 Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 50
0.3%
7124 Carpenters and joiners (including apprentices/trainees) 131
0.7%
7129 Building frame and related workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 185
1%
7131 Roofers (including apprentices/trainees) 24
0.1%
7132 Floor layers and tile setters (including apprentices/trainees) 56
0.3%
7136 Plumbers and pipe fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 203
1%
7137 Building and related electricians (including apprentices/trainees) 123
0.6%
7141 Painters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 161
0.8%
7142 Varnishers and related painters (including apprentices/trainees) 15
0.1%
7143 Building structure cleaners (including apprentices/trainees) 18
0.1%
7211 Metal moulders and coremakers (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7212 Welders and flamecutters (including apprentices/trainees) 147
0.8%
7213 Sheet-metal workers (including apprentices/trainees) 79
0.4%
7214 Structural-metal preparers and erectors (including apprentices/trainees) 55
0.3%
7215 Riggers and cable splicers (including apprentices/trainees) 4
0%
7222 Tool-makers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 3
0%
7223 Machine-tool setters and setter-operators (including apprentices/trainees) 3
0%
7224 Metal wheel-grinders, polishers and tool sharpeners (including apprentices/trainees) 41
0.2%
7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 120
0.6%
7232 Aircraft engine mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7233 Agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 108
0.6%
7241 Electrical mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 24
0.1%
7242 Electronics fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 6
0%
7243 Electronics mechanics and servicers (including apprentices/trainees) 17
0.1%
7244 Telegraph and telephone installers and servicers (including apprentices/trainees) 4
0%
7245 Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers (including apprentices/trainees) 28
0.1%
7290 Metal, machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7311 Precision-instrument/instrument makers and repairers (including apprentices/trainees) 9
0%
7313 Jewellery and precious-metal workers (including apprentices/trainees) 10
0.1%
7321 Abrasive wheel formers, potters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 26
0.1%
7322 Glass-makers, cutters, grinders and finishers (including apprentices/trainees) 13
0.1%
7331 Handicraft workers in wood and related materials (including apprentices/trainees) 8
0%
7341 Compositors, typesetters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 29
0.1%
7346 Silk-screen, block and textile printers (including apprentices/trainees) 2
0%
7411 Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) 61
0.3%
7412 Millers, bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (including apprentices/trainees) 101
0.5%
7413 Dairy products makers (including apprentices/trainees) 2
0%
7414 Fruit, vegetable and related product preservers (including apprentices/trainees) 4
0%
7415 Food and beverage tasters and graders (including apprentices/trainees) 7
0%
7422 Cabinetmakers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 17
0.1%
7423 Woodworking-machine setters and setter-operators (including apprentices/trainees) 2
0%
7424 Basketry weavers, brush makers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 9
0%
7432 Weavers, knitters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 4
0%
7433 Tailors, dressmakers and hatters (including apprentices/trainees) 33
0.2%
7435 Textile, leather and related material pattern-makers and cutters (including apprentices/trainees) 12
0.1%
7436 Sewers, embroiderers and related workers (excluding apprentices/trainees) 56
0.3%
7437 Upholsterers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 16
0.1%
7442 Shoemakers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 15
0.1%
7490 Other craft and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 18
0.1%
8111 Mining plant operators 18
0.1%
8112 Mineral ore and stone processing plant operators 9
0%
8121 Ore and metal furnace operators 5
0%
8131 Glass and ceramics kiln and related machine operators 3
0%
8141 Wood-processing plant operators 44
0.2%
8142 Paper-pulp plant operators 1
0%
8151 Crushing, grinding and chemical mixing machinery operators 14
0.1%
8159 Chemical-processing plant operators not elsewhere classified 16
0.1%
8161 Power-production plant operators 0
0%
8162 Steam-engine and boiler operators 0
0%
8163 Incinerator, water-treatment and related plant operators 20
0.1%
8211 Machine-tool operators 82
0.4%
8212 Cement and other mineral products machine operators 4
0%
8221 Pharmaceutical and toiletry products machine operators 1
0%
8222 Ammunition and explosive products machine operators 4
0%
8223 Metal finishing, plating and coating machine operators 2
0%
8231 Rubber products machine operators 13
0.1%
8232 Plastic products machine operators 30
0.2%
8240 Wood products machine operators 6
0%
8251 Printing machine operators 7
0%
8253 Paper products machine operators 9
0%
8261 Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators 4
0%
8262 Weaving and knitting machine operators 5
0%
8263 Sewing-machine operators 100
0.5%
8264 Bleaching, dyeing and cleaning-machine operators 10
0.1%
8265 Fur and leather-preparing machine operators 0
0%
8266 Shoemaking and related machine operators 7
0%
8271 Meat and fish-processing machine operators 1
0%
8273 Grain and spice milling machine operators 2
0%
8274 Baked goods, cereal and chocolate products machine operators 3
0%
8275 Fruit, vegetable and nut-processing machine operators 14
0.1%
8276 Sugar production machine operators 2
0%
8278 Brewers, wine and other beverage machine operators 18
0.1%
8281 Mechanical machinery assemblers 16
0.1%
8282 Electrical equipment assemblers 1
0%
8283 Electronic equipment assemblers 1
0%
8284 Metal, rubber and plastic products assemblers 11
0.1%
8285 Wood and related products assemblers 8
0%
8286 Paperboard, textile and related products assemblers 1
0%
8290 Other machine operators and assemblers not elsewhere classified 24
0.1%
8311 Locomotive engine drivers 6
0%
8320 Taxi drivers, informal 248
1.3%
8321 Motor cycle drivers 3
0%
8322 Car, taxi and van drivers 122
0.6%
8323 Bus and tram drivers 40
0.2%
8324 Heavy truck and lorry drivers 292
1.5%
8331 Motorised farm and forestry plant operators 18
0.1%
8332 Earth-moving and related plant operators 22
0.1%
8333 Crane, hoist and related plant operators 26
0.1%
8334 Lifting-truck operators 80
0.4%
8340 Ships� deck crews and related workers 7
0%
9111 Street food vendors and related workers 383
2%
9112 Street vendors, non-food products 216
1.1%
9113 Door-to-door and telephone salespersons 10
0.1%
9120 Shoe cleaning and other elementary street services occupations 22
0.1%
9131 Domestic helpers and cleaners 1897
9.8%
9132 Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments 905
4.7%
9133 Hand-launderers and pressers 28
0.1%
9141 Building caretakers 31
0.2%
9142 Vehicle, window and related cleaners 27
0.1%
9151 Messengers, package and luggage porters and deliverers 94
0.5%
9152 Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers 25
0.1%
9153 Vending-machine money collectors, meter readers and related workers 13
0.1%
9161 Garbage collectors 98
0.5%
9162 Sweepers and related labourers 415
2.1%
9190 50
0.3%
9211 Farmhands and labourers 1521
7.8%
9212 Forestry labourers 55
0.3%
9213 Fishery, hunting and trapping labourers 4
0%
9290 Agricultural, fishery and related labourers not elsewhere classified 0
0%
9311 Mining and quarrying labourers 61
0.3%
9312 Construction and maintenance labourers: roads, dams and similar constructions 336
1.7%
9313 Building construction labourers 642
3.3%
9321 Assembling labourers 6
0%
9322 Hand-packers and other manufacturing labourers 926
4.8%
9333 Freight handlers 103
0.5%
9999 Unspecified 55
0.3%
Sysmiss 190518
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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