Afrobarometer Survey 2002-2004, Merged Round 2 Data (16 Countries)
Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 2002 - 2004
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Reference ID
AFR_2004_AFB-MR2_v01_M
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Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Michigan State University (MSU), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
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Q88. Main occupation (q88)
Data file: merged_r2_data.dta
Overview
Valid:
24301
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-1
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
570
End:
572
Width:
3
Range:
-1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 74 |
0.3%
|
| 0 | Never had a job | 2855 |
11.7%
|
| 1 | Farmer (produces only for home consumption) | 3098 |
12.7%
|
| 2 | Farmer (produces surplus for sale) | 3676 |
15.1%
|
| 3 | Farmer (produces mainly for sale) | 195 |
0.8%
|
| 4 | Farm worker | 665 |
2.7%
|
| 5 | Fisherman | 196 |
0.8%
|
| 6 | Trader/Hawker/Vendor | 1469 |
6%
|
| 7 | Businessperson | 1328 |
5.5%
|
| 8 | Professional Worker (e.g., lawyer, accountant, nurse, etc.) | 801 |
3.3%
|
| 9 | Supervisor/Foreman | 157 |
0.6%
|
| 10 | Clerical Worker | 389 |
1.6%
|
| 12 | Miner | 312 |
1.3%
|
| 14 | Domestic Worker/Maid/Char/Househelp | 848 |
3.5%
|
| 15 | Teacher | 872 |
3.6%
|
| 16 | Government Worker | 694 |
2.9%
|
| 17 | Armed Services/Police/ Security Personnel | 318 |
1.3%
|
| 18 | Student | 1642 |
6.8%
|
| 19 | Housewife/Works In the Household | 1648 |
6.8%
|
| 22 | Retail worker | 333 |
1.4%
|
| 23 | Artisan/skilled manual worker - formal sector | 444 |
1.8%
|
| 24 | Artisan/skilled manual worker - informal sector | 664 |
2.7%
|
| 25 | Unskilled manual in the formal sector | 393 |
1.6%
|
| 26 | Unskilled manual worker in the informal sector | 546 |
2.2%
|
| 27 | Driver | 93 |
0.4%
|
| 50 | Marine/sailor | 10 |
0%
|
| 60 | Traditional healer | 7 |
0%
|
| 160 | Agent of NGO | 1 |
0%
|
| 161 | Local leader/chief/headman | 2 |
0%
|
| 162 | Eleveur/cattle breeder | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 180 | Skilled textile factory worker | 24 |
0.1%
|
| 181 | Unskilled textile factory worker | 12 |
0%
|
| 260 | Youth corper/national service | 3 |
0%
|
| 261 | Clergyman/priest/paster | 8 |
0%
|
| 262 | Motor cyclist/okada man | 4 |
0%
|
| 263 | Apprentice | 3 |
0%
|
| 380 | Religious leader | 12 |
0%
|
| 381 | Pastoralist | 17 |
0.1%
|
| 382 | Catering/cook/chef | 4 |
0%
|
| 990 | Unemployed | 33 |
0.1%
|
| 991 | Retired | 81 |
0.3%
|
| 992 | Disabled | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 993 | Anything | 5 |
0%
|
| 995 | Other | 226 |
0.9%
|
| 998 | Refused | 2 |
0%
|
| 999 | Don't know | 98 |
0.4%
|
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.