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Population Census, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Occupation, 1 digit (ZA1996A_OCC1)

Data file: ZAF1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 239
End: 240
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA96A040 ZA96A041 ZA96A042 ZA96A432 ZA96A433 ZA96A434 ZA96A435 ZA96A436 ZA96A437 ZA96A438 ZA96A439 ZA96A440 ZA96A441 ZA96A442 ZA96A443 ZA96A444 ZA96A445 ZA96A446"><span class="em">Question 16-19 should be answered for each person in the household, whether child or adult, born before 10 October 1991 (5 years or older)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA96A041 ZA96A440 ZA96A441 ZA96A442">19.3. Focus on the occupation of (the person). What would you call this occupation?<br /><div class="i1">____ For example, plumber, street trader, cattle farmer, primary school teacher,<br />domestic worker.</div><br />19.4. Describe (the person's) main duty/activity in more detail.<br /><div class="i1">____ For example, installing pipes in new houses, selling fruit and vegetables, breeding cattle, teaching primary school children, cleaning and cooking.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Legislators, senior officials and managers
02 Professionals
03 Technicians and associate professionals
04 Clerks
05 Service workers, shop and market sales workers
06 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
07 Craft and related trades workers
08 Plant and machine operators and assemblers
09 Elementary occupations
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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
This variable indicates occupation with one digit. Coding was done using a code list of occupations based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO 88).
Universe
South Africa 1996: Employed persons age 15+ in private households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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