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Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa

South Africa, 2011
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ZAF_2011_LMDSA_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    ZAF_2011_LMDSA_v01_M
    Title
    Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa
    Subtitle
    2011
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
    Abstract
    The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) is a household-based sample survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). It collects data on the labour market activities of individuals aged 15 years or older who live in South Africa. Since 2008, Stats SA have generated an annual report which is released under the name "Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa". This report is constructed using data from a version of the pooled data from all four quarters (all four QLFS datasets in the year) and is ascribed the same nomenclature. Includes a number of extra variables (including income information) that are not available in any of the QLFS data files. This makes it distinct from a datafile that simply appends all of the QLFS datafiles in a given year.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis
    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    v1.0: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
    Version Date
    2011

    Scope

    Notes

    INDIVIDUALS: labour market activity, labour preferences, labour market history, demographic characteristics, marital status, employment status, education, grants, tax, income.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Education World Bank
    Health Systems & Financing World Bank
    Social Protection (includes Pensions, Safety Nets, Social Funds) World Bank
    Labor Markets World Bank
    Primary Education World Bank
    Secondary Education World Bank
    Tertiary Education World Bank
    Keywords
    Individual income

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    National coverage
    Universe
    The QLFS sample covers the non-institutional population except for those in workers' hostels. However, persons living in private dwelling units within institutions are enumerated. For example, within a school compound, one would enumerate the schoolmaster's house and teachers' accommodation because these are private dwellings. Students living in a dormitory on the school compound would, however, be excluded.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Statistics South Africa

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    The QLFS frame has been developed as a general purpose household survey frame that can be used by all other household surveys irrespective of the sample size requirement of the survey. The sample size for the QLFS is roughly 30 000 dwellings per quarter.

    The sample is based on information collected during the 2001 Population Census conducted by Stats SA. In preparation for the 2001 Census, the country was divided into 80 787 enumeration areas (EAs). Stats SA's household-based surveys use a Master Sample of Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) which comprises of EAs that are drawn from across the country.

    The sample is designed to be representative at the provincial level and within provinces at the metro/non-metro level. Within the metros, the sample is further distributed by geography type. The four geography types are: urban formal, urban informal, farms and tribal. This implies, for example, that within a metropolitan area the sample is representative at the different geography types that may exist within that metro.

    The current sample size is 3 080 PSUs. It is divided equally into four sub-groups or panels called rotation groups. The rotation groups are designed in such a way that each of these groups has the same distribution pattern as that which is observed in the whole sample. They are numbered from one to four and these numbers also correspond to the quarters of the year in which the sample will be rotated for the particular group.

    The sample for the QLFS is based on a stratified two-stage design with probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling of primary sampling units (PSUs) in the first stage, and sampling of dwelling units (DUs) with systematic sampling in the second stage.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2011-01 2011-12

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Manager, DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org
    Citation requirements
    Statistics South Africa. Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2011 [dataset]. Version 2.0. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2011. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer
    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

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    DDI_ZAF_2011_LMDSA_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata creator
    Date of Metadata Production
    2012-09-26

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 1.0
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