Population and Housing Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset
Lesotho, 1996
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Reference ID
LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Lesotho Bureau of Statistics
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- ipumsi_00016_Census1996
Occupation (2-digits) (ls1996a_occ)
Data file: ipumsi_00016_Census1996
Overview
Valid:
187795
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
2
Maximum:
999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
101
End:
103
Width:
3
Range:
2 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was (name's) last type of work done? Ask all those coded 10 to 50 in column 18
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Architects, engineers and related technicians (academic) | 67 |
0%
|
| 3 | Engineers not elsewhere classified | 103 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | Medical, dental, veterinary and related workers (academic) | 49 |
0%
|
| 7 | Professional nurses | 450 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Statisticians, mathematicians, system analysts and related technicians | 156 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | Members of the armed forces | 165 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Accountants | 227 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Jurists | 59 |
0%
|
| 13 | Teachers | 1507 |
0.8%
|
| 14 | Workers in religion | 46 |
0%
|
| 17 | Composers and performing artists | 31 |
0%
|
| 19 | Professional, technical and related workers not elsewhere classified | 103 |
0.1%
|
| 20 | Legislative officials and government administrators | 80 |
0%
|
| 21 | Managers | 154 |
0.1%
|
| 30 | Clerical supervisors | 74 |
0%
|
| 31 | Government executive officials | 36 |
0%
|
| 32 | Stenographers, typists and card and tape punching machine operators | 116 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | Bookkeepers, cashiers and related workers | 165 |
0.1%
|
| 34 | Computing machine operators | 28 |
0%
|
| 35 | Transport and communications supervisors | 41 |
0%
|
| 36 | Transport conductors | 140 |
0.1%
|
| 39 | Clerical and related worker not elsewhere classified | 1667 |
0.9%
|
| 40 | Managers [wholesale and retail trade] | 120 |
0.1%
|
| 41 | Working proprietors [wholesale and retail trade] | 42 |
0%
|
| 44 | Insurance, real estate, securities and business services sales and auctioneers | 110 |
0.1%
|
| 45 | Salesmen, shop assistants and related workers | 1967 |
1%
|
| 46 | Sales workers not elsewhere classified | 52 |
0%
|
| 50 | Managers (catering and lodging services) | 28 |
0%
|
| 53 | Cooks, waiters, bartenders and related workers | 253 |
0.1%
|
| 54 | Maids and related housekeeping service workers not elsewhere classified | 3905 |
2.1%
|
| 55 | Building caretakers, charworkers, cleaners and related workers | 76 |
0%
|
| 56 | Launderers, dry-cleaners and pressers | 30 |
0%
|
| 57 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers | 89 |
0%
|
| 58 | Protective service workers | 963 |
0.5%
|
| 59 | Service workers not elsewhere classified | 38 |
0%
|
| 61 | Farmers | 4887 |
2.6%
|
| 62 | Agricultural and animal husbandry workers | 557 |
0.3%
|
| 65 | Herdboys | 4869 |
2.6%
|
| 66 | Agricultural, animal husbandry, and forestry workers, not elsewhere classified | 62 |
0%
|
| 70 | Production supervisors and general foremen | 122 |
0.1%
|
| 71 | Miners, quarrymen, well drillers and related workers | 9307 |
5%
|
| 72 | Metal processors | 39 |
0%
|
| 74 | Chemical processors and related workers | 35 |
0%
|
| 75 | Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and related workers | 127 |
0.1%
|
| 77 | Food and beverage processors | 523 |
0.3%
|
| 79 | Tailors and dressmakers | 1552 |
0.8%
|
| 80 | Shoemakers and leather goods makers | 239 |
0.1%
|
| 83 | Blacksmiths, toolmakers and machine-tool operators | 29 |
0%
|
| 84 | Machinery fitters, machine assemblers and precision instrument makers (except electrical) | 287 |
0.2%
|
| 85 | Electrical fitters and related electrical and electronics workers | 149 |
0.1%
|
| 87 | Plumbers, welders, sheet metal and structural metal preparers and erectors | 149 |
0.1%
|
| 92 | Printers and related workers | 28 |
0%
|
| 93 | Painters | 41 |
0%
|
| 95 | Bricklayers, carpenters and other construction workers | 1894 |
1%
|
| 97 | Material-handl ing and related equipment operators, dockers and freight handlers | 41 |
0%
|
| 98 | Transport equipment operators | 1406 |
0.7%
|
| 99 | Laborers, not elsewhere classified | 2896 |
1.5%
|
| 998 | Unknown | 25263 |
13.5%
|
| 999 | NIU (not in universe) | 120156 |
64%
|
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.
Interviewer instructions
Remember to ask only those jobseeking for less than 5 years
Description
Source of information
For persons aged 10 years and above