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Survey of Services 2013

Zimbabwe, 2014 - 2015
Reference ID
ZWE_2014_SS_v01_M
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Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency
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Oct 14, 2021
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    Survey ID number

    ZWE_2014_SS_v01_M

    Title

    Survey of Services 2013

    Country
    Name Country code
    Zimbabwe ZWE
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

    Series Information

    The 2013 Survey of Services (SS) is the first of its kind to be conducted in the country.

    Abstract

    The Zimbabwe National Statistic Agency (ZIMSTAT) conducted the Survey of Services from November 2014 to May 2015. The Survey of Services 2013 was the first of its kind to be conducted in the Country. Prior to the Survey of Services 2013, ZIMSTAT conducted a Census of Distribution (COD) in 1980/81, which focused on retail; wholesale; hotel and catering; and, the personal and household services trades only. The Survey of Services 2013 was therefore an expansion of the Census of Distribution covering sampled resident establishments whose main activity is classified as services according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. The establishments covered were either registered and/or licensed by an arm of government such as the Registrar of Companies, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), Local Authorities and the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) among others.

    Objectives
    The primary objective of the Survey was to produce up-to-date benchmark statistics on the size and characteristics of establishments whose main kind of economic activities are classified as services including, among others:
    • Turnover and expenditure
    • Number of persons engaged and their compensation
    • Gross Fixed Capital Formation
    • Value Added
    • Taxation

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Establishment

    Scope

    Notes

    The 2013 Zimbabwe Survey of Services covered the following topics:

    • Establishment background
    • Owners, persons engaged and compensation of employees
    • Expenditure during 2013
    • Income during year 2013
    • Taxes paid in 2013
    • Subsidies and other incentives during 2013
    • Exports and imports during 2013
    • Inventories
    • Capital expenditure
    • Hours worked
    • Room unit and bed nights

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Universe

    All service rendering establishments in the Central Business Register.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    United States Agency for International Development - Strategic Economic Research and Analysis Financial assistance
    Department for International Development Financial assistance

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Sampling Strategy
    (i) A Census was conducted on:
    • All establishments that are registered with the Registrar of Companies whose controlling enterprises are listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)
    • Establishments with a Business Partner Number (BPN) issued by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) upon registration for taxation purposes
    • Establishments dealing with specialized services that require a high degree of training, and make specialized knowledge and skills available to users such as legal, accounting and management consultancy activities
    • Establishments whose main kind of economic activity belonged to ISIC codes that were too few to be sampled
    • Establishments who did not respond to the Central Business Register Inquiry

    (ii) A Sample Survey was designed to cover:
    • Flea markets and hair salon operators
    • Establishments that did not meet the census criteria whose main kind of economic activity belonged to the following ISIC Rev. 4 codes:
    Retail sale in non-specialized stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
    Retail of food in specialized stores
    Retail of beverages in specialized stores
    Retail sale of hardware, paints, and glass
    Retail sale of clothing, footwear and leather articles (excluding Flea-markets)
    Primary education
    Secondary Education
    Hair dressing and other beauty treatment

    A one-stage stratified sample design was used for the selection of establishments. Systematic Probability Proportional to size (SysPPS), where the measure of size was the business turn-over, was used in the selection of business establishments using the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) survey select procedure. Stratification was done according to province and main kind of economic activity codes using the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4).

    Weighting

    Weights were calculated based on probabilities of selection of each establishment within an ISIC code at each stage.

    Adjusting weights for nonresponse:
    Weights were adjusted within each ISIC group and stratum size.
    Non-response adjustment was done for the following reasons:
    • Unit nonresponse
    • Sample establishment no longer exists

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2014-11-24 2014-12-19 Phase I
    2015-01-26 2015-02-24 Phase 2
    2015-04-13 2015-05-04 Phase 3
    Time periods
    Start date End date
    2013-01 2013-12
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
    Data Collection Notes

    Two training workshops, one for the trainers and the other for the enumerators were undertaken in June 2012 and August 2014 respectively.

    The training of trainers’ workshop was conducted with the objective of training staff who would in turn train enumerators on concepts and definitions and how to conduct the whole SS survey in general. Four managers, one chief statistician and ten provincial supervisors were trained. Feedback from this workshop was used to modify the survey instruments.

    During the Training of Enumerators workshop, 68 team leaders and 348 enumerators were trained. The objectives of the training of enumerators’ workshop were to:
    • Train enumerators on how to administer industry-specific SS questionnaires to respondents whose primary economic activity falls within the services industry
    • Appreciate the survey instruments
    • Pre-test the survey instruments

    The training workshop consisted of instructions regarding interviewing techniques, field procedures, and a detailed review of items on the questionnaires, mock interviews between participants, field practicals, class exercises, tests and remedial exercises to ensure understanding of the survey instruments, concepts and procedures.

    Data collection was carried out in three phases as follows:
    Phase I: 24 November 2014 to 19 December 2014
    Phase 2: 26 January to 24 February 2015
    Phase 3: 13 April 2015 to 4 May 2015

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Office Coding and Editing
    To ensure good data quality during coding and editing, the following activities were undertaken:
    • Coding and editing training was conducted
    • Editing instructions and ISIC Rev 4 manual were issued to the editors
    • Verification of edited questionnaires was carried out.
    • Call back on establishments to verify on missing or conflicting data were made
    • Questionnaires were serially numbered and batched so as to uniquely account for all the questionnaires submitted for data entry

    Data entry and the process management
    The data entry process was managed by the SS Project Team. Data entry clerks went through a short training before the exercise. Each data entry clerk was given one batch at a time to enter or to verify. Respective batch numbers were allocated to respective data entry clerks so as to ensure accountability. The exercise was conducted mainly in pool offices for ease of monitoring the data entry process. Experienced coding and editing staff were assigned to the data entry pool offices to expeditiously attend to any queries arising during data entry. In addition, the SS project team members took turns to supervise the process and attend to problems.

    Distributor information

    Distributor
    Organization name
    Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ZWE_2014_SS_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Documentation of the study
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Review of the metadata
    Date of Metadata Production

    2021-08-11

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 02 (August 2021). Identical to a DDI published on Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) microdata catalog. Some of the metadata fields have been edited.

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