From: Precarious transition: a mortality study of South African ex-miners
Variable on database | Comment or further description | Derived Variables |
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South African ID number | Available only to statistician with access to South African Rapid Mortality Surveillance and not to researchers. | Vital status and date of death if deceased, 2011–2013. |
Unique key | TEBA randomly assigned number available to the researchers. | |
Racial ascription (race)a | Four category classification formalised under apartheid, and in continuing usage for most official purposes – “Asian, black, coloured, white”. | |
Contract days | Sum of all days worked across all contracts. | Cumulative employment across all contracts. |
Commodity mined | Gold, platinum group metals, coal, “other” (antimony, asbestos, chrome, copper, diamond, granite, iron, lead, lime, tin, vanadium).b | Commodity sector exclusively worked. Mixed service across sectors. |
Occupational category | Underground, surface. | Occupational category exclusively worked. Mixed employment across occupational categories. |
Nature of employment contract | Miners employed by the mining company distinguished from those employed by a third party contractor or via labour brokers. |