Migrant Health Follow-Up Study (MHFUS) Wave 3
South Africa, 2020 - 2021
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Person 1 occupation (W3_h01_occ)
Data file: MHFUS_W3_DATASET
Overview
Valid:
1954
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
52
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art, craft, photography, fashion design | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Artisan (e.g. carpenter, wood carver, weaver) | 6 |
0.3%
|
|
| Cleaning work | 24 |
1.2%
|
|
| Clerical and office work | 15 |
0.8%
|
|
| Construction work | 47 |
2.4%
|
|
| Cook/ chef/ catering | 25 |
1.3%
|
|
| Domestic work | 20 |
1%
|
|
| Dont know | 43 |
2.2%
|
|
| Driver | 34 |
1.7%
|
|
| Farm work | 29 |
1.5%
|
|
| Fieldworker - NGO or university | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Game farm/game reserve (e.g. ranger) | 31 |
1.6%
|
|
| Gardening services | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| Health sector (formal) | 28 |
1.4%
|
|
| Mine work | 61 |
3.1%
|
|
| None/Unemployed (do not receive social grant) | 747 |
38.2%
|
|
| None/Unemployed (receive social grant) | 490 |
25.1%
|
|
| Other | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Petrol attendant | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Police, soldier, fireman | 8 |
0.4%
|
|
| Priest/pastor | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| Retail/clerk/sales | 45 |
2.3%
|
|
| Security work | 46 |
2.4%
|
|
| Senior administrator, manager, professional | 20 |
1%
|
|
| Sewing, hairdressing, baking, brewing | 3 |
0.2%
|
|
| Skilled worker (e.g. plumber, mechanic, electrician) | 57 |
2.9%
|
|
| Small business assistant | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| Small business owner | 28 |
1.4%
|
|
| Student | 16 |
0.8%
|
|
| Teacher | 27 |
1.4%
|
|
| Timber, sawmill, poles | 5 |
0.3%
|
|
| Traditional healer | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| Unskilled worker (e.g. general labourer) | 70 |
3.6%
|
|
| Waiter/ barman | 9 |
0.5%
|
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.