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Table 1 Provides the ten occupational groups used by Statistics South Africa along with the 10 industry groups

From: Usefulness of occupation and industry information in mortality data in South Africa from 2006 to 2015

No.

Occupationa

Includes

No.

Industry 2006–2010

0

Armed forces, occupations unspecified a not elsewhere classified

Unemployed and armed forces and those forms with blank spaces

i

Private households, exterritorial organ

1

Legislators, senior officials and managers

CEOs, senior officials, managers of all occupations

ii

Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fish

2

Professionals

Science, engineering, health, teaching, business, information and communication, legal, cultural and social professionals

iii

Mining and quarrying

3

Technicians and Associate professionals

Associate professionals in the same areas as group 2

iv

Manufacturing

4

Clerks

General, keyboard, customer services numerical and material recording and clerical support workers

v

Electricity, gas and water supply

5

Service workers, shop and market sales

Personal services, Sales workers, Protective services and armed forces

vi

Construction

6

Skilled agricultural and fishery worker

Market orientated agricultural, forestry, and fishing, along with subsistence farmers, fishers and hunters.

vii

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of m

7

Craft and related trade workers.

Building and trades, metal, machinery and related, handcraft, printing, electrical and food processing, woodworking and garment workers

viii

Transport, storage and communication

8

Plant and machine operators and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators, assemblers, drivers and mobile plant operators

ix

Financial intermediation, insurance, re

9

Elementary occupations

Cleaners and helpers, agricultural labour, labour in mining, construction, manufacture, food preparation, street sales, refuse workers and other

x

Community, social and personal services

   

97

Unknown

   

98

Not applicable

   

99

Unspecified and other activities not adequately defined

  1. asub and minor occupation categories are listed in the South African Standard Classification of Occupation 2012 [12]