Afrobarometer South Africa 2006
South Africa, 2006
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Afrobarometer 3
South Africa
2006
q95. main occupation (q95)
Data file: Afrobarometer 3 South Africa 2006
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
2546
End:
2553
Width:
8
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
q95. What is your main occupation? (If unemployed, retired, or disabled, what was your last main occupation?)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| -1 | missing |
| 0 | never had a job |
| 1 | subsistence farmer (own consumption only) |
| 2 | peasant farmer (own consumption and sale) |
| 3 | commercial farmer (mainly for sale) |
| 4 | farm worker |
| 5 | fisherman |
| 6 | trader/hawker/vendor |
| 7 | miner |
| 8 | domestic worker/ maid |
| 9 | police/ security/ military |
| 10 | artisan/skilled, formal sector |
| 11 | artisan/skilled, informal sector |
| 12 | clerical worker |
| 13 | unskilled manual, formal sector |
| 14 | unskilled manual, informal sector |
| 15 | businessperson (works for others) |
| 16 | businessperson (own business, less than 10) |
| 17 | businessperson (own business, 10 or more) |
| 18 | professional worker |
| 19 | supervisor/ foreman |
| 20 | teacher |
| 21 | government worker |
| 22 | retail worker |
| 23 | student |
| 24 | housewife/ work in household |
| 990 | unemployed |
| 991 | retired |
| 992 | disabled |
| 993 | anything |
| 995 | other |
| 998 | refused |
| 999 | don't know |
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.