Population Census 1991

South Africa, 1991

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ZAF_1991_PHC_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Occupation (OCCUPATION)

Data file: SA Census 1991 PP_20110428_01

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Occupation - that is the nature of work done. If unemployed (in other wordslooking for work), state the last occupation followed

Categories

Value	Category
1	PROFESSIONAL, SEMI-PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS
2	MANAGERIAL, EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS
3	CLERICAL AND SALES OCCUPATIONS
4	TRANSPORT, DELIVERY AND COMMUNICATIONS OCCUPATIONS
5	SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
6	FARMING AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS
7	ARTISAN, APPRENTICE AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS
8	PRODUCTION FOREMAN AND SUPERVISOR, MINER AND QUARRY WORKER, OPERATOR, PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKER
9	OCCUPATION UNSPECIFIED AND N.E.C.
10	NOT ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE

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.

Description

Definition

Nature of work done, or last occupation, if unemployed

Universe

All individuals in the sampled households

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