Migrant Health Follow-Up Study (MHFUS) Wave 3
South Africa, 2020 - 2021
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- MHFUS_W3_DATASET
Type of work (W3_emp_type)
Data file: MHFUS_W3_DATASET
Overview
Valid:
1227
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
52
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art, craft, photography, fashion design | 7 |
0.6%
|
|
| Artisan (e.g. carpenter, wood carver, weaver) | 20 |
1.6%
|
|
| Cattle herder | 3 |
0.2%
|
|
| Cleaning work | 41 |
3.3%
|
|
| Clerical and office work | 30 |
2.4%
|
|
| Construction work | 75 |
6.1%
|
|
| Cook/ chef/ catering | 36 |
2.9%
|
|
| Domestic work | 18 |
1.5%
|
|
| Dont know | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Driver | 70 |
5.7%
|
|
| Farm work | 28 |
2.3%
|
|
| Fieldworker - NGO or university | 8 |
0.7%
|
|
| Game farm/game reserve (e.g. ranger) | 22 |
1.8%
|
|
| Gardening services | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| Health sector (formal) | 44 |
3.6%
|
|
| Mine work | 79 |
6.4%
|
|
| Other | 13 |
1.1%
|
|
| Petrol attendant | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Police, soldier, fireman | 16 |
1.3%
|
|
| Priest/pastor | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| Retail/clerk/sales | 156 |
12.7%
|
|
| Security work | 75 |
6.1%
|
|
| Senior administrator, manager, professional | 68 |
5.5%
|
|
| Sewing, hairdressing, baking, brewing | 17 |
1.4%
|
|
| Skilled worker (e.g. plumber, mechanic, electrician) | 144 |
11.7%
|
|
| Small business assistant | 9 |
0.7%
|
|
| Small business owner | 37 |
3%
|
|
| Student | 6 |
0.5%
|
|
| Teacher | 18 |
1.5%
|
|
| Timber, sawmill, poles | 12 |
1%
|
|
| Traditional healer | 13 |
1.1%
|
|
| Unskilled worker (e.g. general labourer) | 129 |
10.5%
|
|
| Waiter/ barman | 27 |
2.2%
|
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.