Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2023
Quarter 3
South Africa, 2023
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023_QLFS-Q3_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
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Main occupation grouped (Occup)
Data file: qlfs-2023-q3-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
16630
Invalid:
49424
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legislators; senior officials and managers | 1012 |
6.1%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 1198 |
7.2%
|
| 3 | Technical and associate professionals | 1413 |
8.5%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 1805 |
10.9%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 2995 |
18%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 86 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers | 1689 |
10.2%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 1335 |
8%
|
| 9 | Elementary Occupation | 4150 |
25%
|
| 10 | Domestic workers | 942 |
5.7%
|
| 11 | Other | 5 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 49424 |
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.