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Afrobarometer South Africa 2002

South Africa, 2002
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ZAF_2002_AFB-SA_v01_M
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Robert Mattes
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Afrobarometer
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  • Afrobarometer 2
    South Africa
    2002

q88. main occupation (q88)

Data file: Afrobarometer 2 South Africa 2002

Overview

Valid: 0
Valid (weighted): 0
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 526
End: 528
Width: 3
Range: -1 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V349

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is your main occupation? (If unemployed, retired or disabled, what was your last main occupation?)
Categories
Value Category
-1 missing
0 never had a job
1 farmer (produces only for home consumption)
2 farmer (produces surplus for sale)
3 farmer (produces mainly for sale)
4 farm worker
5 fisherman
6 trader/hawker/vendor
7 businessperson
8 professional worker (e.g., lawyer, accountant, nurse, etc.)
9 supervisor/foreman
10 clerical worker
12 miner
14 domestic worker/maid/char/househelp
15 teacher
16 government worker
17 armed services/police/ security personnel
18 student
19 housewife/works in the household
22 retail worker
23 artisan/skilled manual worker - formal sector
24 artisan/skilled manual worker - informal sector
25 unskilled manual in the formal sector
26 unskilled manual worker in the informal sector
27 driver
995 other
998 refused
999 don't know
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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