Migrant Health Follow-Up Study Wave 02 (MHFUS)
South Africa, 2019 - 2020
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Reference ID
MHFUS.W2.2025
Producer(s)
Prof. Michael J White, Dr. Carren Ginsburg, Prof. Mark Collinson, Prof F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Prof. Steve Tollman
Metadata
Created on
Jan 13, 2026
Last modified
Jan 20, 2026
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- Data files
- MHFUS_W2_DATASET
W2_h03_occ (W2_h03_occ)
Data file: MHFUS_W2_DATASET
Overview
Valid:
1261
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
52
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artisan (e.g. carpenter, wood carver, weaver) | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Cleaning work | 3 |
0.2%
|
|
| Clerical and office work | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Construction work | 12 |
1%
|
|
| Cook/ chef/ catering | 3 |
0.2%
|
|
| Domestic work | 5 |
0.4%
|
|
| Dont know | 3 |
0.2%
|
|
| Driver | 9 |
0.7%
|
|
| Farm work | 4 |
0.3%
|
|
| Fieldworker - NGO or university | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Game farm/game reserve (e.g. ranger) | 5 |
0.4%
|
|
| Gardening services | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Health sector (formal) | 5 |
0.4%
|
|
| Mine work | 3 |
0.2%
|
|
| None/Unemployed (do not receive social grant) | 466 |
37%
|
|
| None/Unemployed (receive social grant) | 690 |
54.7%
|
|
| Other | 9 |
0.7%
|
|
| Police, soldier, fireman | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Retail/clerk/sales | 7 |
0.6%
|
|
| Security work | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Senior administrator, manager, professional | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Skilled worker (e.g. plumber, mechanic, electrician) | 3 |
0.2%
|
|
| Small business assistant | 5 |
0.4%
|
|
| Small business owner | 6 |
0.5%
|
|
| Student | 5 |
0.4%
|
|
| Teacher | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Unskilled worker (e.g. general labourer) | 4 |
0.3%
|
|
| Waiter/ barman | 1 |
0.1%
|
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.