Migrant Health Follow-Up Study (MHFUS) Wave 3
South Africa, 2020 - 2021
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- MHFUS_W3_DATASET
Person 4 occupation (W3_h04_occ)
Data file: MHFUS_W3_DATASET
Overview
Valid:
942
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
52
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning work | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| Construction work | 8 |
0.8%
|
|
| Cook/ chef/ catering | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Domestic work | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| Dont know | 4 |
0.4%
|
|
| Driver | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| Mine work | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| None/Unemployed (do not receive social grant) | 279 |
29.6%
|
|
| None/Unemployed (receive social grant) | 622 |
66%
|
|
| Police, soldier, fireman | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Retail/clerk/sales | 3 |
0.3%
|
|
| Security work | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Skilled worker (e.g. plumber, mechanic, electrician) | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Teacher | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Timber, sawmill, poles | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Unskilled worker (e.g. general labourer) | 6 |
0.6%
|
|
| 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.