Survey of Services 2013
Zimbabwe, 2014 - 2015
Identification
ZWE_2014_SS_v01_M
Survey of Services 2013
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
The 2013 Survey of Services (SS) is the first of its kind to be conducted in the country.
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
Sample survey data [ssd]
Establishment
Scope
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
National
All service rendering establishments in the Central Business Register.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| United States Agency for International Development - Strategic Economic Research and Analysis | Financial assistance |
| Department for International Development | Financial assistance |
Sampling
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).
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
| 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 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2013-01 | 2013-12 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
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
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
| Organization name |
|---|
| Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency |
Metadata production
DDI_ZWE_2014_SS_v01_M
| 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 |
2021-08-11
Metadata 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.