Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2008, Second Quarter
South Africa, 2008
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Data file: QLFS_2008_02_rwt2013_F1
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Valid:
93945
Invalid:
0
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Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
81
End:
84
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 9333
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Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Not applicable | 86619 |
92.2%
|
| 1110 | Legislators | 1 |
0%
|
| 1120 | Senior government officers | 3 |
0%
|
| 1210 | Directors and chief executives | 7 |
0%
|
| 1222 | Production and operations managers/department managers in manufacturing | 1 |
0%
|
| 1223 | Production and operations managers/department managers in building and construction | 2 |
0%
|
| 1224 | Production and operations managers/department managers in wholesale and retail trade | 8 |
0%
|
| 1225 | Production and operations managers/department managers in hotels, restaurants and other catering and accommodation services | 3 |
0%
|
| 1226 | Production and operations managers/department managers in transport, storage and communications | 5 |
0%
|
| 1227 | Production and operations managers/department managers in business services | 7 |
0%
|
| 1229 | Production and operations managers/department managers not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 1231 | Finance and administration managers/department managers | 24 |
0%
|
| 1232 | Personnel and industrial relations managers/department managers | 6 |
0%
|
| 1233 | Sales and marketing managers/department managers | 5 |
0%
|
| 1237 | Research and development managers/department managers | 1 |
0%
|
| 1239 | Other managers/department managers not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 1311 | General managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | 1 |
0%
|
| 1313 | General managers in construction | 6 |
0%
|
| 1314 | General managers in wholesale and retail trade | 16 |
0%
|
| 1315 | General managers of hotels, restaurants and other catering or accommodation services | 14 |
0%
|
| 1316 | General managers in transport, storage and communication | 3 |
0%
|
| 1317 | General managers of business services | 11 |
0%
|
| 1318 | General managers in personal care, cleaning and related services | 1 |
0%
|
| 1390 | General managers not elsewhere classified | 3 |
0%
|
| 2114 | Geologists and geophysicists | 1 |
0%
|
| 2132 | Computer programmers | 1 |
0%
|
| 2139 | Computing professionals not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 2141 | Architects, town and traffic planners | 4 |
0%
|
| 2142 | Civil engineers | 1 |
0%
|
| 2143 | Electrical engineers | 1 |
0%
|
| 2145 | Mechanical engineers | 4 |
0%
|
| 2148 | Land surveyors, Cartographers and other surveyors | 2 |
0%
|
| 2149 | Architects, engineers and related professionals not elsewhere classified, Industrial/production engineers, Quantity surveyors, Architects, engineers and related professionals not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 2211 | Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 2213 | Agronomists, food scientists and related professionals, Agriculture, forestry and food scientists, Natural sciences technologists | 1 |
0%
|
| 2221 | Medical practitioners, physicians, Medical specialists and Medical occupations not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 2230 | Nursing and midwifery professionals, Nursing services managers and Professional nurses | 10 |
0%
|
| 2310 | Technikon, teacher training, technical and other colleges, university and other higher education institutions teaching professionals and Other post-secondary education teaching professionals | 4 |
0%
|
| 2320 | Secondary education teaching professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 2331 | Primary education teaching professionals | 4 |
0%
|
| 2332 | Pre-primary education teaching professionals | 13 |
0%
|
| 2340 | Special education teaching professionals | 2 |
0%
|
| 2351 | Education methods specialists | 2 |
0%
|
| 2411 | Accountants and related accounting occupations, Accounting occupations not elsewhere classified, Auditors and related occupations and Articled clerks with accountant/auditor | 8 |
0%
|
| 2412 | Personnel and careers professionals, Consultants: management/personnel | 7 |
0%
|
| 2419 | Business professionals not elsewhere classified, Consultants | 31 |
0%
|
| 2421 | Advocates, attorneys and related occupations, Lawyers/attorneys and related occupations, Advocates/barristers, Prosecutors and Articled clerks | 3 |
0%
|
| 2429 | Legal professionals not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 2432 | Librarians and related information professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 2451 | Authors, journalists and other writers, Editors, Reporters, journalists, Writers, poets, playwrights and Other writers, commentators, proofreaders | 4 |
0%
|
| 2452 | Sculptors, painters and related artists | 6 |
0%
|
| 2453 | Composers, musicians and singers | 3 |
0%
|
| 2455 | Film, stage and related actors and directors | 2 |
0%
|
| 2460 | Religious professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 3111 | Natural science technicians | 3 |
0%
|
| 3112 | Civil engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, civil, Assistants, technical and civil engineering | 1 |
0%
|
| 3113 | Electrical engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, electrical, Assistants, technical, electrical engineering | 9 |
0%
|
| 3114 | Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians, Assistants, technical and electronic engineering | 9 |
0%
|
| 3115 | Mechanical engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, mechanical, Assistants, technical and mechanical engineering | 3 |
0%
|
| 3118 | Draughtspersons | 2 |
0%
|
| 3131 | Photographers and image recording equipment operators, Sound recording equipment operators | 7 |
0%
|
| 3152 | Safety, health and quality inspectors, Inspectors, safety and health | 20 |
0%
|
| 3222 | Sanitarians | 2 |
0%
|
| 3225 | Dental assistants | 2 |
0%
|
| 3226 | Physiotherapists and related associate professionals, Physiotherapists, Masseurs, Therapists not elsewhere classified, Radiographers, diagnostic and therapeutic, Chiropractors, Podiatrists and Supplementary medical professions not elsewhere cla | 2 |
0%
|
| 3227 | Veterinary assistants | 1 |
0%
|
| 3228 | Pharmaceutical assistants | 4 |
0%
|
| 3229 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) not elsewhere classified, Homeopaths, Therapists, speech, Therapists, occupational and Health services professions not elsewhere classified | 3 |
0%
|
| 3231 | Nursing associate professionals, Nurses, senior, student, pupil, Nurses, not elsewhere classified (nursing assistants/aids included under personal care and related workers) | 21 |
0%
|
| 3241 | Traditional medicine practitioners | 3 |
0%
|
| 3310 | Primary education teaching associate professionals | 34 |
0%
|
| 3320 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals | 7 |
0%
|
| 3330 | Special education teaching associate professionals | 1 |
0%
|
| 3340 | Other teaching associate professionals | 3 |
0%
|
| 3391 | Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 27 |
0%
|
| 3411 | Securities and finance dealers and brokers | 14 |
0%
|
| 3412 | Insurance representatives | 10 |
0%
|
| 3413 | Estate agents | 4 |
0%
|
| 3415 | Technical and commercial sales representatives | 23 |
0%
|
| 3416 | Buyers | 36 |
0%
|
| 3417 | Appraisers, valuers and auctioneers | 1 |
0%
|
| 3421 | Trade brokers | 1 |
0%
|
| 3422 | Clearing and forwarding agents | 2 |
0%
|
| 3429 | Business services agents and trade brokers not elsewhere classified | 8 |
0%
|
| 3431 | Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals | 3 |
0%
|
| 3432 | Legal and related business associate professionals, Legal business professions and Other business professions | 4 |
0%
|
| 3433 | Bookkeepers | 6 |
0%
|
| 3449 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 5 |
0%
|
| 3450 | Police inspectors and detectives | 2 |
0%
|
| 3460 | Social work associate professionals | 2 |
0%
|
| 3471 | Decorators and commercial designers, Product, industrial designers, Textile/ clothing/ fashion designers, Interior designers, Graphics designers and Designers not elsewhere classified | 8 |
0%
|
| 3472 | Radio, television and other announcers | 2 |
0%
|
| 3473 | Street, nightclub and related musicians, singers and dancers | 2 |
0%
|
| 3475 | Athletes, sportspersons and related associate professionals | 7 |
0%
|
| 3479 | Art, entertainment and sport associate professionals not elsewhere classified | 5 |
0%
|
| 4111 | Stenographers and typists | 7 |
0%
|
| 4112 | Word-processor and related operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 4113 | Data entry operators | 14 |
0%
|
| 4114 | Calculating-machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 4115 | Secretaries | 20 |
0%
|
| 4121 | Accounting and bookkeeping clerks | 10 |
0%
|
| 4122 | Statistical finance clerks | 14 |
0%
|
| 4131 | Stock clerks | 79 |
0.1%
|
| 4133 | Transport clerks | 8 |
0%
|
| 4141 | Library and filing clerks | 21 |
0%
|
| 4142 | Mail carriers and sorting clerks | 15 |
0%
|
| 4143 | Coding, proof-reading and related clerks | 14 |
0%
|
| 4190 | Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) | 111 |
0.1%
|
| 4211 | Cashiers and ticket clerks | 225 |
0.2%
|
| 4212 | Tellers and other counter clerks | 12 |
0%
|
| 4213 | Bookmakers and croupiers | 1 |
0%
|
| 4214 | Pawnbrokers and moneylenders | 1 |
0%
|
| 4215 | Debt-collectors and related workers | 5 |
0%
|
| 4221 | Travel agency and related clerks | 1 |
0%
|
| 4222 | Receptionists and information clerks | 60 |
0.1%
|
| 4223 | Telephone switchboard operators | 8 |
0%
|
| 4290 | Customer services clerks not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 5112 | Transport conductors and transport occupations nec | 1 |
0%
|
| 5113 | Travel guides | 1 |
0%
|
| 5121 | Housekeepers and related workers | 5 |
0%
|
| 5122 | Cooks | 145 |
0.2%
|
| 5123 | Waiters, waitresses and bartenders | 107 |
0.1%
|
| 5124 | Tavern and shebeen operators | 11 |
0%
|
| 5131 | Child-care workers | 44 |
0%
|
| 5132 | Institution-based personal care workers, Nursing aids, Ambulance men and first-aid attendants | 21 |
0%
|
| 5133 | Home-based personal care workers | 12 |
0%
|
| 5139 | Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified | 4 |
0%
|
| 5141 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers, Beauticians and Hairdressers | 40 |
0%
|
| 5143 | Undertakers and embalmers | 1 |
0%
|
| 5149 | Other personal services workers not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 5161 | Fire-fighters | 1 |
0%
|
| 5162 | Police officers, traffic officers, Police officers and Traffic officers | 19 |
0%
|
| 5163 | Prison guards | 1 |
0%
|
| 5164 | Armed forces | 10 |
0%
|
| 5169 | Protective services workers not elsewhere classified, Rangers and game wardens | 218 |
0.2%
|
| 5210 | Fashion and other models | 2 |
0%
|
| 5220 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators, Salespersons, Petrol pump and filling station attendants | 298 |
0.3%
|
| 5230 | Stall and market salespersons | 13 |
0%
|
| 5231 | Spaza shop owner | 19 |
0%
|
| 6111 | Field crop and vegetable growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) | 5 |
0%
|
| 6113 | Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) | 9 |
0%
|
| 6121 | Dairy and livestock producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) | 1 |
0%
|
| 6129 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers not elsewhere classified (farm owners and skilled farm workers) | 1 |
0%
|
| 6130 | Market-oriented crop and animal producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) | 4 |
0%
|
| 6141 | Forestry workers and loggers, Forestry workers and Loggers | 4 |
0%
|
| 6211 | Subsistence farmers | 7 |
0%
|
| 7111 | Miners and quarry workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 20 |
0%
|
| 7113 | Stone splitters, cutters and carvers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7121 | Builders, traditional materials | 4 |
0%
|
| 7122 | Bricklayers and stonemasons (including apprentices/trainees) | 244 |
0.3%
|
| 7123 | Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 39 |
0%
|
| 7124 | Carpenters and joiners (including apprentices/trainees) | 61 |
0.1%
|
| 7129 | Building frame and related workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) | 17 |
0%
|
| 7131 | Roofers (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0%
|
| 7132 | Floor layers and tile setters (including apprentices/trainees) | 19 |
0%
|
| 7133 | Plasterers (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0%
|
| 7135 | Glaziers (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0%
|
| 7136 | Plumbers and pipe fitters (including apprentices/trainees) | 59 |
0.1%
|
| 7137 | Building and related electricians (including apprentices/trainees) | 36 |
0%
|
| 7141 | Painters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 71 |
0.1%
|
| 7142 | Varnishers and related painters (including apprentices/trainees) | 10 |
0%
|
| 7143 | Building structure cleaners (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7211 | Metal moulders and coremakers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7212 | Welders and flamecutters (including apprentices/trainees) | 47 |
0.1%
|
| 7213 | Sheet-metal workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 103 |
0.1%
|
| 7214 | Structural-metal preparers and erectors (including apprentices/trainees) | 22 |
0%
|
| 7215 | Riggers and cable splicers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7222 | Tool-makers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0%
|
| 7223 | Machine-tool setters and setter-operators (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7224 | Metal wheel-grinders, polishers and tool sharpeners (including apprentices/trainees) | 3 |
0%
|
| 7231 | Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) | 43 |
0%
|
| 7233 | Agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) | 5 |
0%
|
| 7241 | Electrical mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) | 9 |
0%
|
| 7243 | Electronics mechanics and servicers (including apprentices/trainees) | 6 |
0%
|
| 7244 | Telegraph and telephone installers and servicers (including apprentices/trainees) | 4 |
0%
|
| 7245 | Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers (including apprentices/trainees) | 3 |
0%
|
| 7313 | Jewellery and precious-metal workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0%
|
| 7321 | Abrasive wheel formers, potters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 25 |
0%
|
| 7322 | Glass-makers, cutters, grinders and finishers (including apprentices/trainees) | 6 |
0%
|
| 7324 | Glass, ceramics and related decorative painters (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0%
|
| 7331 | Handicraft workers in wood and related materials (including apprentices/trainees) | 4 |
0%
|
| 7332 | Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7341 | Compositors, typesetters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 10 |
0%
|
| 7343 | Printing engravers and etchers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7344 | Photographic and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0%
|
| 7345 | Bookbinders and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7411 | Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) | 37 |
0%
|
| 7412 | Millers, bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (including apprentices/trainees) | 30 |
0%
|
| 7414 | Fruit, vegetable and related product preservers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7416 | Tobacco preparers and tobacco products makers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7421 | Wood treaters (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7422 | Cabinetmakers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 6 |
0%
|
| 7424 | Basketry weavers, brush makers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 1 |
0%
|
| 7431 | Fibre preparers (including apprentices/trainees) | 2 |
0%
|
| 7432 | Weavers, knitters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 4 |
0%
|
| 7433 | Tailors, dressmakers and hatters (including apprentices/trainees) | 18 |
0%
|
| 7435 | Textile, leather and related material pattern-makers and cutters (including apprentices/trainees) | 8 |
0%
|
| 7436 | Sewers, embroiderers and related workers (excluding apprentices/trainees) | 32 |
0%
|
| 7442 | Shoemakers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) | 4 |
0%
|
| 7490 | Other craft and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) | 7 |
0%
|
| 8111 | Mining plant operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 8112 | Mineral ore and stone processing plant operators | 6 |
0%
|
| 8131 | Glass and ceramics kiln and related machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8139 | Glass, ceramics and related plant operators not elsewhere classified | 1 |
0%
|
| 8141 | Wood-processing plant operators | 7 |
0%
|
| 8142 | Paper-pulp plant operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8143 | Papermaking plant operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8151 | Crushing, grinding and chemical mixing machinery operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8152 | Chemical heat-treating plant operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8163 | Incinerator, water-treatment and related plant operators | 5 |
0%
|
| 8211 | Machine-tool operators | 72 |
0.1%
|
| 8212 | Cement and other mineral products machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8223 | Metal finishing, plating and coating machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8231 | Rubber products machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8232 | Plastic products machine operators | 4 |
0%
|
| 8240 | Wood products machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8251 | Printing machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8252 | Bookbinding machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8253 | Paper products machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8261 | Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 8262 | Weaving and knitting machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8263 | Sewing-machine operators | 84 |
0.1%
|
| 8264 | Bleaching, dyeing and cleaning-machine operators | 3 |
0%
|
| 8266 | Shoemaking and related machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8269 | Textile, fur and leather products machine operators not elsewhere classified | 2 |
0%
|
| 8272 | Dairy products machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8273 | Grain and spice milling machine operators | 2 |
0%
|
| 8274 | Baked goods, cereal and chocolate products machine operators | 4 |
0%
|
| 8275 | Fruit, vegetable and nut-processing machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8277 | Tea, coffee, and cocoa-processing machine operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 8278 | Brewers, wine and other beverage machine operators | 4 |
0%
|
| 8281 | Mechanical machinery assemblers | 4 |
0%
|
| 8282 | Electrical equipment assemblers | 3 |
0%
|
| 8290 | Other machine operators and assemblers not elsewhere classified | 4 |
0%
|
| 8311 | Locomotive engine drivers | 8 |
0%
|
| 8312 | Railway brakers, signallers, shunters and related workers | 1 |
0%
|
| 8320 | Taxi drivers, informal | 48 |
0.1%
|
| 8322 | Car, taxi and van drivers | 50 |
0.1%
|
| 8323 | Bus and tram drivers | 8 |
0%
|
| 8324 | Heavy truck and lorry drivers | 79 |
0.1%
|
| 8331 | Motorised farm and forestry plant operators | 19 |
0%
|
| 8332 | Earth-moving and related plant operators | 8 |
0%
|
| 8333 | Crane, hoist and related plant operators | 18 |
0%
|
| 8334 | Lifting-truck operators | 19 |
0%
|
| 8340 | Ships’ deck crews and related workers | 3 |
0%
|
| 9111 | Street food vendors and related workers | 186 |
0.2%
|
| 9112 | Street vendors, non-food products | 58 |
0.1%
|
| 9113 | Door-to-door and telephone salespersons | 1 |
0%
|
| 9120 | Shoe cleaning and other elementary street services occupations | 34 |
0%
|
| 9131 | Domestic helpers and cleaners | 1095 |
1.2%
|
| 9132 | Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments | 354 |
0.4%
|
| 9133 | Hand-launderers and pressers | 10 |
0%
|
| 9141 | Building caretakers | 9 |
0%
|
| 9142 | Vehicle, window and related cleaners | 4 |
0%
|
| 9151 | Messengers, package and luggage porters and deliverers | 52 |
0.1%
|
| 9152 | Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers | 8 |
0%
|
| 9153 | Vending-machine money collectors, meter readers and related workers | 8 |
0%
|
| 9161 | Garbage collectors | 5 |
0%
|
| 9162 | Sweepers and related labourers | 33 |
0%
|
| 9190 | Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified | 13 |
0%
|
| 9211 | Farmhands and labourers | 756 |
0.8%
|
| 9212 | Forestry labourers | 22 |
0%
|
| 9213 | Fishery, hunting and trapping labourers | 6 |
0%
|
| 9311 | Mining and quarrying labourers | 33 |
0%
|
| 9312 | Construction and maintenance labourers: roads, dams and similar constructions | 206 |
0.2%
|
| 9313 | Building construction labourers | 261 |
0.3%
|
| 9321 | Assembling labourers | 3 |
0%
|
| 9322 | Hand-packers and other manufacturing labourers | 401 |
0.4%
|
| 9332 | Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery | 1 |
0%
|
| 9333 | Freight handlers | 30 |
0%
|
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.