Rural Survey 1997
South Africa, 1997
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ZAF_1997_RS_v01_M
Rural Survey 1997
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | ZAF |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
The 1997 rural survey was designed to determine to what extent rural households in the former homelands had access to land and to income-generating activities. In addition the survey sought to obtain data on actual farming activities. The survey was the first of its kind undertaken by Statistics South Africa.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Units of analysis in the survey were households and individuals
Version
Version 1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution
1999
Version 1.1 is the data received from Statistics South Africa, with variable and value labels added by DataFirst
Scope
The survey collected data on access to land, subsistence farming, sources of income, assistance and employment creation. Data was also collected on the relationship between income generation and the size of land, reasons for farming, as well as farm workers, paid and unpaid, unpaid family members working on farms, and workers paid in kind.
Coverage
The survey had national coverage but only of the former "homeland" areas.
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is magisterial district
The survey covered households in the former "homelands" of South Africa
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Statistics South Africa |
Sampling
The 1996 census sampling frame was used to select EAs for the 1997 Rural Survey but the survey was restricted to the former homeland areas, i.e. Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei (TBVC states); KaNgwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa and Lebowa (self governing territories). A total of 600 enumeration areas (EAs) were drawn and 10 households were selected from each EA, yielding a sample of about 6000 households. Sample selection was carried out independently in each stratum applying a two stage sampling procedure; a systematic sample of EAs followed by a systematic sample of households.Former homelands in six provinces were regarded as natural occurring strata and as a result Western Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng were not part of the strata.
Since the sample design was not necessarily a self-weighting design, weights had to be used. Two types of weights were calculated, namely, person weights and household weights. Household weights were calculated by using the reciprocal of the product of an EA inclusion probability and a household inclusion probability. Relative scaling was done on the household weight due to the changes in EA sizes in the 1996 census sample frame and to take into account the growth rate of the population from 1996 to 1997. Person weights were calculated by first post-stratifying the data by province (former homeland in a province) gender and 5 year age groups. The 1996 Census population figures were used as benchmarks for the post stratum. Since the target areas were former homelands, which are largely African areas, population group was a factor in the benchmarks.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 1997 |
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za | support@data1st.org |
Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Statistics South Africa. Rural Survey 1997. Ref. ZAF_1997_RS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/catalogue3/index.php/catalog/312 on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | http://support.data1st.org/ |
| World Bank Microdata Library | microdata@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_ZAF_1997_RS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata producer |
2013-02-19
Metadata version
Version 02 (August 2013). Edited version based on Version 01 DDI (ddi-zaf-datafirst-rs-1997-v1) that was done by DataFirst.