Labour Force Survey 2007, September
South Africa, 2007
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LFS 2007_2
Person_v2 -
LFS 2007_2
Worker_v2
Kind of work done in last occupation (Q314Occu)
Data file: LFS 2007_2 Worker_v2
Overview
Valid:
71630
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
4
Range:
1110 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1110 | Legislators | 7 |
0%
|
| 1120 | Senior government officers | 31 |
0%
|
| 1141 | Senior officers of political party organisations | 1 |
0%
|
| 1210 | Directors and chief executives | 3 |
0%
|
| 1221 | Production and operations managers/department managers in agriculture; hunting; forestry; fishing and mining | 6 |
0%
|
| 1222 | Production and operations managers/department managers in manufacturing | 6 |
0%
|
| 1224 | Production and operations managers/department managers in wholesale and retail trade | 19 |
0%
|
| 1225 | Production and operations managers/department managers in hotels; restaurants and other catering and accommodation services | 8 |
0%
|
| 1226 | Production and operations managers/department managers in transport; storage and communications | 4 |
0%
|
| 1227 | Production and operations managers/department managers in business services | 20 |
0%
|
| 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 | 8 |
0%
|
| 1231 | Finance and administration managers/department managers | 30 |
0%
|
| 1232 | Personnel and industrial relations managers/department managers | 19 |
0%
|
| 1233 | Sales and marketing managers/department managers | 13 |
0%
|
| 1234 | Advertising and public relations managers/department managers | 1 |
0%
|
| 1235 | Supply and distribution managers/department managers | 2 |
0%
|
| 1236 | Computing services managers/department managers | 1 |
0%
|
| 1239 | Other managers/department managers not elsewhere classified | 10 |
0%
|
| 1311 | General managers in agriculture; hunting; forestry and fishing | 13 |
0%
|
| 1312 | General managers in manufacturing | 4 |
0%
|
| 1313 | General managers in construction | 11 |
0%
|
| 1314 | General managers in wholesale and retail trade | 31 |
0%
|
| 1315 | General managers of hotels; restaurants and other catering or accommodation services | 24 |
0%
|
| 1316 | General managers in transport; storage and communication | 4 |
0%
|
| 1317 | General managers of business services | 10 |
0%
|
| 1390 | General managers not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 2111 | Physicists and astronomers | 1 |
0%
|
| 2113 | Chemists | 1 |
0%
|
| 2114 | Geologists and geophysicists | 2 |
0%
|
| 2131 | Computer systems designers and analysts | 1 |
0%
|
| 2132 | Computer programmers | 1 |
0%
|
| 2141 | Architects; town and traffic planners | 1 |
0%
|
| 2142 | Civil engineers | 5 |
0%
|
| 2143 | Electrical engineers | 2 |
0%
|
| 2144 | Electronics and telecommunications engineers | 2 |
0%
|
| 2145 | Mechanical engineers | 7 |
0%
|
| 2146 | Chemical engineers | 2 |
0%
|
| 2147 | Mining engineers; metallurgists and related professionals | 2 |
0%
|
| 2148 | Cartographers and surveyors | 4 |
0%
|
| 2190 | Physical; mathematical and engineering science professionals not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 2210 | Scientist | 1 |
0%
|
| 2211 | Biologists; botanists; zoologists and related professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 2213 | Agronomists; food scientists and related professionals | 7 |
0%
|
| 2221 | Medical professions | 7 |
0%
|
| 2224 | Pharmacists | 2 |
0%
|
| 2230 | Nursing and midwifery professionals | 35 |
0%
|
| 2310 | Technikon; teacher training; technical and other colleges; university and other higher education institutions teaching professionals | 20 |
0%
|
| 2320 | Secondary education teaching professionals | 23 |
0%
|
| 2331 | Primary education teaching professionals | 57 |
0.1%
|
| 2332 | Pre-primary education teaching professionals | 4 |
0%
|
| 2340 | Special education teaching professionals | 2 |
0%
|
| 2351 | Education methods specialists | 3 |
0%
|
| 2411 | Accountants and related accounting occupations | 25 |
0%
|
| 2412 | Personnel and careers professionals | 4 |
0%
|
| 2419 | Business professionals not elsewhere classified | 39 |
0.1%
|
| 2421 | Advocates; attorneys and related occupations | 6 |
0%
|
| 2422 | Judges and magistrates | 1 |
0%
|
| 2429 | Legal professionals not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 2432 | Librarians and related information professionals | 5 |
0%
|
| 2444 | Philologists; translators and interpreters | 4 |
0%
|
| 2446 | Social work professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 2451 | Authors; journalists and other writers | 3 |
0%
|
| 2452 | Sculptors; painters and related artists | 3 |
0%
|
| 2455 | Film; stage and related actors and directors | 1 |
0%
|
| 2460 | Religious professionals | 8 |
0%
|
| 3111 | Natural science technicians | 8 |
0%
|
| 3112 | Civil engineering technicians | 5 |
0%
|
| 3113 | Electrical engineering technicians | 9 |
0%
|
| 3114 | Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians | 16 |
0%
|
| 3115 | Mechanical engineering technicians | 7 |
0%
|
| 3116 | Chemical engineering technicians | 1 |
0%
|
| 3117 | Mining and metallurgical technicians | 1 |
0%
|
| 3121 | Computer assistants | 3 |
0%
|
| 3122 | Computer equipment operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 3131 | Photographers and image and sound recording equipment operators | 4 |
0%
|
| 3132 | Broadcasting and telecommunications equipment operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 3142 | Ships' deck officers and pilots | 1 |
0%
|
| 3145 | Air traffic safety technicians | 1 |
0%
|
| 3151 | Building and fire inspectors | 4 |
0%
|
| 3152 | Safety; health and quality inspectors | 43 |
0.1%
|
| 3211 | Life science technicians | 1 |
0%
|
| 3213 | Farming and forestry advisers/consultants | 1 |
0%
|
| 3221 | Medical assistants | 1 |
0%
|
| 3222 | Sanitarians | 3 |
0%
|
| 3224 | Optometrists and opticians | 1 |
0%
|
| 3225 | Dental assistants | 4 |
0%
|
| 3226 | Physiotherapists and related associate professionals | 4 |
0%
|
| 3228 | Pharmaceutical assistants | 4 |
0%
|
| 3229 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) not elsewhere classified | 4 |
0%
|
| 3231 | Nursing associate professionals | 112 |
0.2%
|
| 3232 | Midwifery associate professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 3241 | Traditional medicine practitioners | 11 |
0%
|
| 3310 | Primary education teaching associate professionals | 116 |
0.2%
|
| 3320 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals | 32 |
0%
|
| 3330 | Special education teaching associate professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 3340 | Other teaching associate professionals | 4 |
0%
|
| 3391 | Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 52 |
0.1%
|
| 3411 | Securities and finance dealers and brokers | 4 |
0%
|
| 3412 | Insurance representatives | 13 |
0%
|
| 3413 | Estate agents | 13 |
0%
|
| 3414 | Travel consultants and organisers | 1 |
0%
|
| 3415 | Technical and commercial sales representatives | 32 |
0%
|
| 3416 | Buyers | 35 |
0%
|
| 3423 | Employment agents and labour contractors | 4 |
0%
|
| 3424 | Statistical, mathematical and related associate professionals | 2 |
0%
|
| 3429 | Business services agents and trade brokers not elsewhere classified | 14 |
0%
|
| 3431 | Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals | 3 |
0%
|
| 3432 | Legal and related business associate professionals | 2 |
0%
|
| 3433 | Bookkeepers | 28 |
0%
|
| 3449 | Customs; tax and related government associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 6 |
0%
|
| 3450 | Police inspectors and detectives | 7 |
0%
|
| 3460 | Social work associate professionals | 10 |
0%
|
| 3471 | Decorators and commercial designers | 22 |
0%
|
| 3472 | Radio; television and other announcers | 1 |
0%
|
| 3473 | Street; nightclub and related musicians; singers and dancers | 1 |
0%
|
| 3475 | Athletes; sportspersons and related associate professionals | 6 |
0%
|
| 3479 | Art; entertainment and sport associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 4111 | Stenographers and typists | 22 |
0%
|
| 4113 | Data entry operators | 39 |
0.1%
|
| 4114 | Calculating-machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 4115 | Secretaries | 61 |
0.1%
|
| 4121 | Accounting and bookkeeping clerks | 76 |
0.1%
|
| 4122 | Statistical finance clerks | 19 |
0%
|
| 4131 | Stock clerks | 96 |
0.1%
|
| 4132 | Production clerks | 8 |
0%
|
| 4133 | Transport clerks | 19 |
0%
|
| 4141 | Library and filing clerks | 125 |
0.2%
|
| 4142 | Mail carriers and sorting clerks | 16 |
0%
|
| 4143 | Coding; proof-reading and related clerks | 26 |
0%
|
| 4144 | Scribes and related workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 4190 | Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) | 125 |
0.2%
|
| 4211 | Cashiers and ticket clerks | 404 |
0.6%
|
| 4212 | Tellers and other counter clerks | 45 |
0.1%
|
| 4213 | Bookmakers and croupiers | 2 |
0%
|
| 4215 | Debt-collectors and related workers | 2 |
0%
|
| 4222 | Receptionists and information clerks | 89 |
0.1%
|
| 4223 | Telephone switchboard operators | 19 |
0%
|
| 4290 | Customer services clerks not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 5112 | Transport conductors and transport occupations not elsewhere classified | 8 |
0%
|
| 5113 | Travel guides | 5 |
0%
|
| 5121 | Housekeepers and related workers | 10 |
0%
|
| 5122 | Cooks | 270 |
0.4%
|
| 5123 | Waiters; waitresses and bartenders | 158 |
0.2%
|
| 5124 | Operators; tavern; shebeen | 12 |
0%
|
| 5131 | Child-care workers | 53 |
0.1%
|
| 5132 | Institution-based personal care workers | 25 |
0%
|
| 5133 | Home-based personal care workers | 23 |
0%
|
| 5139 | Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified | 9 |
0%
|
| 5141 | Hairdressers; barbers; beauticians and related workers | 47 |
0.1%
|
| 5143 | Undertakers and embalmers | 3 |
0%
|
| 5161 | Fire-fighters | 6 |
0%
|
| 5162 | Police officers; traffic officers | 61 |
0.1%
|
| 5163 | Prison guards | 13 |
0%
|
| 5164 | Armed forces | 32 |
0%
|
| 5169 | Protective services workers not elsewhere classified | 319 |
0.4%
|
| 5220 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators | 405 |
0.6%
|
| 5230 | Stall and market salespersons | 10 |
0%
|
| 5231 | Owner; spaza shop | 15 |
0%
|
| 6111 | Field crop and vegetable growers | 238 |
0.3%
|
| 6112 | Tree and shrub crop growers | 43 |
0.1%
|
| 6113 | Gardeners; horticultural and nursery growers | 50 |
0.1%
|
| 6121 | Dairy and livestock producers | 41 |
0.1%
|
| 6122 | Poultry producers | 5 |
0%
|
| 6123 | Apiarists and sericulturists | 4 |
0%
|
| 6124 | Mixed animal producers | 1 |
0%
|
| 6129 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers not elsewhere classified (farm owners/owners) | 2 |
0%
|
| 6130 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers | 3 |
0%
|
| 6141 | Forestry workers and loggers | 43 |
0.1%
|
| 6142 | Charcoal burners and related workers | 2 |
0%
|
| 6151 | Aquatic life cultivation workers | 2 |
0%
|
| 6152 | Inland and coastal waters fishery workers | 10 |
0%
|
| 6153 | Deep-sea fishery workers | 3 |
0%
|
| 6210 | Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers | 125 |
0.2%
|
| 6211 | Subsistence farmers | 1037 |
1.4%
|
| 7111 | Miners and quarry workers | 74 |
0.1%
|
| 7112 | Shot-firers and blasters | 1 |
0%
|
| 7113 | Stone splitters; cutters and carvers | 7 |
0%
|
| 7114 | Diamond divers | 2 |
0%
|
| 7121 | Builders; traditional materials | 14 |
0%
|
| 7122 | Bricklayers and stonemasons | 337 |
0.5%
|
| 7123 | Concrete placers; concrete finishers and related workers | 22 |
0%
|
| 7124 | Carpenters and joiners | 85 |
0.1%
|
| 7129 | Building frame and related workers not elsewhere classified | 54 |
0.1%
|
| 7131 | Roofers | 12 |
0%
|
| 7132 | Floor layers and tile setters | 20 |
0%
|
| 7133 | Plasterers | 1 |
0%
|
| 7134 | Insulation workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 7135 | Glaziers | 1 |
0%
|
| 7136 | Plumbers and pipe fitters | 102 |
0.1%
|
| 7137 | Building and related electricians | 72 |
0.1%
|
| 7141 | Painters and related workers | 115 |
0.2%
|
| 7142 | Varnishers and related painters | 8 |
0%
|
| 7143 | Building structure cleaners | 9 |
0%
|
| 7190 | Extraction and building trades workers not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 7212 | Welders and flamecutters | 95 |
0.1%
|
| 7213 | Sheet-metal workers | 40 |
0.1%
|
| 7214 | Structural-metal preparers and erectors | 17 |
0%
|
| 7215 | Riggers and cable splicers | 4 |
0%
|
| 7221 | Blacksmiths; hammersmiths and forging-press workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 7222 | Tool-makers and related workers | 7 |
0%
|
| 7223 | Machine-tool setters and setter-operators | 4 |
0%
|
| 7224 | Metal wheel-grinders; polishers and tool sharpeners | 6 |
0%
|
| 7231 | Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters | 168 |
0.2%
|
| 7233 | Agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters | 17 |
0%
|
| 7241 | Electrical mechanics and fitters | 44 |
0.1%
|
| 7243 | Electronics mechanics and servicers | 11 |
0%
|
| 7244 | Telegraph and telephone installers and servicers | 8 |
0%
|
| 7245 | Electrical line installers; repairers and cable jointers | 11 |
0%
|
| 7290 | Metal; machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified | 9 |
0%
|
| 7311 | Precision-instrument/instrument makers and repairers | 7 |
0%
|
| 7312 | Musical instrument makers and tuners | 1 |
0%
|
| 7313 | Jewellery and precious-metal workers | 7 |
0%
|
| 7321 | Abrasive wheel formers; potters and related workers | 58 |
0.1%
|
| 7322 | Glass-makers; cutters; grinders and finishers | 7 |
0%
|
| 7323 | Glass engravers and etchers | 2 |
0%
|
| 7324 | Glass; ceramics and related decorative painters | 1 |
0%
|
| 7331 | Handicraft workers in wood and related materials | 7 |
0%
|
| 7332 | Handicraft workers in textile; leather and related materials | 11 |
0%
|
| 7341 | Compositors; typesetters and related workers | 16 |
0%
|
| 7343 | Printing engravers and etchers | 1 |
0%
|
| 7344 | Photographic and related workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 7411 | Butchers; fishmongers and related food preparers | 56 |
0.1%
|
| 7412 | Millers; bakers; pastry-cooks and confectionery makers | 85 |
0.1%
|
| 7413 | Dairy products makers | 3 |
0%
|
| 7414 | Fruit; vegetable and related products preservers | 1 |
0%
|
| 7415 | Food and beverage tasters and graders | 4 |
0%
|
| 7416 | Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers | 10 |
0%
|
| 7421 | Wood treaters | 3 |
0%
|
| 7422 | Cabinetmakers and related workers | 7 |
0%
|
| 7423 | Woodworking-machine setters and setter-operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 7424 | Basketry weavers; brush makers and related workers | 8 |
0%
|
| 7432 | Weavers; knitters and related workers | 18 |
0%
|
| 7433 | Tailors; dressmakers and hatters | 71 |
0.1%
|
| 7434 | Furriers and related workers | 4 |
0%
|
| 7435 | Textile; leather and related pattern-makers and cutters | 5 |
0%
|
| 7436 | Sewers; embroiderers and related workers | 58 |
0.1%
|
| 7437 | Upholsterers and related workers | 5 |
0%
|
| 7441 | Pelt dressers; tanners and fellmongers | 2 |
0%
|
| 7442 | Shoemakers and related workers | 26 |
0%
|
| 7490 | Other craft and related trades workers not elsewhere classified | 12 |
0%
|
| 8111 | Mining plant operators | 29 |
0%
|
| 8112 | Mineral-ore and stone-processing plant operators | 18 |
0%
|
| 8121 | Ore and metal furnace operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8122 | Metal melters and casters and rolling-mill operators | 10 |
0%
|
| 8123 | Metal heat-treating plant operators | 4 |
0%
|
| 8124 | Metal drawers and extruders | 2 |
0%
|
| 8131 | Glass and ceramics kiln and related machine operators | 8 |
0%
|
| 8141 | Wood-processing plant operators | 30 |
0%
|
| 8142 | Paper-pulp plant operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8143 | Papermaking-plant operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 8151 | Crushing; grinding and chemical-mixing machinery operators | 9 |
0%
|
| 8152 | Chemical-heat-treating plant operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8153 | Chemical-filtering and separating-equipment operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8159 | Chemical-processing plant operators not elsewhere classified | 5 |
0%
|
| 8161 | Power-production plant operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 8162 | Steam-engine and boiler operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 8163 | Incinerator; water-treatment and related plant operators | 9 |
0%
|
| 8171 | Automated assembly-line operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8211 | Machine-tool operators | 73 |
0.1%
|
| 8212 | Cement and other mineral products machine-operators | 16 |
0%
|
| 8222 | Ammunition and explosive-products machine operators | 4 |
0%
|
| 8223 | Metal finishing; plating and coating machine operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 8224 | Photographic products machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8229 | Chemical products machine operators not elsewhere classified | 3 |
0%
|
| 8231 | Rubber products machine operators | 12 |
0%
|
| 8232 | Plastic products machine operators | 15 |
0%
|
| 8240 | Wood products machine operators | 17 |
0%
|
| 8251 | Printing machine operators | 8 |
0%
|
| 8252 | Bookbinding machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8253 | Paper-products machine operators | 7 |
0%
|
| 8261 | Fibre-preparing; spinning and winding-machine operators | 7 |
0%
|
| 8262 | Weaving and knitting machine operators | 21 |
0%
|
| 8263 | Sewing-machine operators | 136 |
0.2%
|
| 8264 | Bleaching; dyeing and cleaning-machine operators | 7 |
0%
|
| 8265 | Fur and leather-preparing machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8266 | Shoemaking and related machine operators | 29 |
0%
|
| 8269 | Textile; fur and leather products machine operators not elsewhere classified | 9 |
0%
|
| 8271 | Meat and fish-processing machine operators | 16 |
0%
|
| 8272 | Dairy products machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8273 | Grain and spice-milling machine operators | 5 |
0%
|
| 8274 | Baked goods; cereal and chocolate products machine operators | 13 |
0%
|
| 8275 | Fruit; vegetable and nut-processing machine operators | 10 |
0%
|
| 8276 | Sugar production machine operators | 5 |
0%
|
| 8278 | Brewers; wine and other beverage machine operators | 7 |
0%
|
| 8279 | Tobacco production machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8281 | Mechanical machinery assemblers | 22 |
0%
|
| 8282 | Electrical equipment assemblers | 4 |
0%
|
| 8283 | Electronic equipment assemblers | 2 |
0%
|
| 8284 | Metal; rubber and plastic-products assemblers | 3 |
0%
|
| 8285 | Wood and related products assemblers | 4 |
0%
|
| 8286 | Paperboard; textile and related products assemblers | 5 |
0%
|
| 8290 | Other machine operators and assemblers not elsewhere classified | 16 |
0%
|
| 8311 | Locomotive engine drivers | 36 |
0.1%
|
| 8312 | Railway brakers; signallers; shunters and related workers | 6 |
0%
|
| 8320 | Driver; taxi | 21 |
0%
|
| 8321 | Motor cycle drivers | 4 |
0%
|
| 8322 | Car; taxi and van drivers | 90 |
0.1%
|
| 8323 | Bus and tram drivers | 27 |
0%
|
| 8324 | Heavy truck and lorry drivers | 284 |
0.4%
|
| 8325 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 8331 | Motorised farm and forestry plant operators | 99 |
0.1%
|
| 8332 | Earth-moving and related plant operators | 22 |
0%
|
| 8333 | Crane; hoist and related plant operators | 35 |
0%
|
| 8334 | Lifting-truck operators | 48 |
0.1%
|
| 8340 | Ships' deck crews and related workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 8888 | Not applicable | 53834 |
75.2%
|
| 9111 | Street food vendors and related workers | 100 |
0.1%
|
| 9112 | Street vendors; non-food products | 55 |
0.1%
|
| 9120 | Shoe cleaning and other elementary street services occupations | 21 |
0%
|
| 9131 | Domestic helpers and cleaners | 4266 |
6%
|
| 9132 | Helpers and cleaners in offices; hotels and other establishments | 608 |
0.8%
|
| 9133 | Hand-launderers and pressers | 30 |
0%
|
| 9141 | Building caretakers | 27 |
0%
|
| 9142 | Vehicle; window and related cleaners | 11 |
0%
|
| 9151 | Messengers; package and luggage porters and deliverers | 62 |
0.1%
|
| 9152 | Doorkeepers; watchpersons and related workers | 18 |
0%
|
| 9153 | Vending-machine money collectors; meter readers and related workers | 5 |
0%
|
| 9161 | Garbage collectors | 26 |
0%
|
| 9162 | Sweepers and related labourers | 96 |
0.1%
|
| 9190 | Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified | 7 |
0%
|
| 9211 | Farmhands and labourers | 1759 |
2.5%
|
| 9212 | Forestry labourers | 101 |
0.1%
|
| 9213 | Fishery; hunting and trapping labourers | 12 |
0%
|
| 9311 | Mining and quarrying labourers | 192 |
0.3%
|
| 9312 | Construction and maintenance labourers: roads; dams and similar constructions | 489 |
0.7%
|
| 9313 | Building construction labourers | 178 |
0.2%
|
| 9321 | Assembling labourers | 17 |
0%
|
| 9322 | Hand packers and other manufacturing labourers | 669 |
0.9%
|
| 9331 | Hand or pedal vehicle drivers | 3 |
0%
|
| 9332 | Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery | 2 |
0%
|
| 9333 | Freight handlers | 74 |
0.1%
|
| 9999 | Occupations unspecified | 246 |
0.3%
|
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.