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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Sector of employer (EMPLOYER)

Data file: SA Census 1991 PP_20110428_01

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Economic sector - the economic sector of each person's employer must be stated

Categories

Value	Category
0	Unemployed/Not-economically active/Unspecified
1	Central Government
2	Provincial Administration
3	Local government (Municipalities, Divisional Councils and Regional Service Councils)
4	Governments of self-governing territories
5	Post and Telecommunications (SAPOS, TELKOM SA)
6	Public enterprises (including public corporations - inclusive of the SABC and TRANSNET)
7	Private businesses
8	Non-profit institutions
9	Private households

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

Economic sector of respondent's employer [possibly derived from question 15: name of employer]

Universe

All individuals in the sampled households

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